MBB: State University of New York Athletic Conference

[pg04]

I don't know much about the Golden Eagles team, can someone give me a quick rundown?

[jdex]

Brockport sinks Tufts 60-55 in UR Palestra fest. Next meets Green Mountain in preset pairings. Eagles 30-21 at half. J. Johnson 20 pts(7x16fg), 3 stls in 30'; B. Williams 12 pts(2x4 3s); J. Zenkel 11 pts (3x5 3s). Just 11 turnovers, shoot 21x48fg, 8x23 3s, 10x16ft, outboarded 41-23 with no Port player more than 3. Tufts 17x48fg, 4x17 3s, 17x23ft in opener. Bport 2-0

Eagles essentially lost top six players from last season, but starters somewhat seasoned including seniors Williams, Zenkel, Johnson. New to that alignment is 6-0, 205 jr swingman F. Lantigua. Extremely guard oriented. Tallest Eagles 6-4 frosh M. Trotter

[jdex]

Some thoughts ....

Buffalo St. of unknown quality heading into tonight's opener vs. Pitt-Bradford in BS tourney that includes Naz/Marietta. Few Bengal names recognizable from '08-09. Exceptions are proven 6-7, 225 A. Samedi, the lone senior, along with 6-6 jr G. Carr and soph guard N. Simmons.

Geneseo highlight reel from last season -- Morton, now playing in England. Lack of his and J. Howe presence quite evident in first game fall. B. Simpson at 6-6 carries heavy load as sr. along with classmate K. Stevens, and 6-2 soph guard M. Hoy whose fr. brother joins Knights. Help might come from 6-3 jr. guard J. Scott, transfer from LIU.

Oswego new coach A. Stockwell had rough debut but should fare well in less than crack YAC. Will rely on 6-7 C. Burridge, last year's rookie of the year. S. Francois a major plus. Couple of fr. to watch: 6-7 B. Nollet and 5-9 H. Ward. Lakers with 10 sophs. Play NJ City U. tonight in OSt tourney after Megar Evers/Morrisville

Plattsburgh a contender with 6-4 jr. C. Ruiz and 6-6 E. Daniyan solid returnees. S. Thomas a jr. out of the gate quickly, and K. Brooks returns following top assist role as fr. JC  transfer C. Munnerlyn a quick study in this program which also has 6-10 260 jr. RJ Ponesse. D. Tangnoy a sr 6-4, 210 regular. Cards host Norwich on Saturday

Cortland slide from grace last season could quickly be forgotten. Powerful returning frontline in 6-6s M. Lewis and P. Oliver have been joined by cast of new shooting guards including J. LaMont, J. Winter and Alfred St. transfer D. Marshall. Much needed firepower showed in opener. Also have vet guard R. Evans. Former starter W. Coston a sr. missing from opener. Ex-sturdy footballer B. Nagle an instant contributor. Dragons vs. Lasell tonight at Williams tourney (Williams/So. Vt)

New Paltz soph veteran trio of H. Wichard, S. Taylor and J. Anderson boosted Hawks to opening win. Taylor and Anderson pair of 6-7s. Believe that win ended 12 game skid at end of last winter. Not with NP for what was expected to be sr seasons are L. Bertram and C. Cornine. Quality assister O. Agyemang on roster but has yet to see action. NP tourney opens tonight vs. St. Joe's (LI) after Bridgewater St./Lehman clash

Oneonta starts tonight vs. tourney host Muhlenberg (Moravian/Wm Paterson). M. Grimes a four year sr. key at 6-4 and partners with 6-9 sr B. Beckford as tough duo. Third year jr S. Gillette fills backcourt slot. Talbot a 6-1 jr. vet. Roster lists several first year juniors and pair of 6-7 fr. Erstwhile Dragon S. Coffey playing in Ireland.

Potsdam puzzle needs to replace many key pieces, departed D. Brown and A. Dike in particular. Sr. A. Williams a sr. swing player with much potential. Jr. E. Cross returns with guard O. Minott, and soph pivot T. Kelso after 7.6 pt., 6.2 reb norms last season. Much expected of FL jr transfer B. Walker. From NYC solid prep play comes J. Lambert. Bears at Clarkson on Saturday

Fredonia's B. Cooper a marked man after whiz of an '08-09. Devils awaiting return of reputed 6-4 jr. J. Bryant and 6-4 sr S. Valenta, plus 6-2 soph S. Doanhue. Cooper's fellow captain K. Saunders, a double digit scorer last season, has been used sparingly so far for whatever. New is 6-5 sr J. Kane; other holdovers J. Herrera, 6-3 sr swing player G. MacBride, A. Billups, K. Mitchell and L. Smith.

See above post for Brockport .......

And the winner is ..............we won't go there, but we still wear Cortland red and white. League a little down?? Perhaps a bit more than that. See some good competition. Outside play thus far has generally failed to impress ........and you?

[magicman]

Cortland St. over Lasell 84-73 in the 1st game of the Williams Invitational. Williams takes on Southern Vermont for the right to face the Red Dragons in tomorrow's Championship game. I expect that will probably be the matchup. Be interesting to see how Cortland fares against one of the better teams in the NESCAC.

[hopefan]

Williams Southern Vt. is a 3 point game at half!!!!!

[magicman]

Williams Southern Vt. is a 3 point game at half!!!!!

Williams now up by 20 with 9 mins. to go 76-56

[jdex]

Oneonta corrals Muhlenberg's Mules 72-58. Up 40-35 at half. Tied at 46 with 15:36 left. B. Beckford hoop puts Dragons up for good at 13:52. B. Hooks 19 pts(6x12 3s); Gillette 11 pts; Beckford 10 pts; M. Grimes 8 pts, 9 rebs; K. Walsh 10 pts; Talbot 7 assts. OSt vs. Wm Paterson (75-45 over Moravian)

Cortland hits 31x58fg, 4x12 3s, 18x25ft. CSt 35-29 at intermission but knotted at 49 till M. Lewis layup unlocks. Extends to 10 but Lasell closes to five late. D. Marshall, J. Winters ft clinch. Both frosh. P. Oliver 18 pts(8x11fg), 11 reb; Winter 17 pts(4x7fg, 9x13ft), 5 assts; Lewis 14 pts(7x12fg), 8 reb; J. LaMont 11 pts; Marshall 10 pts(3x5fg, 2x3 3s). Lasell 29x63fg

[jdex]

Buffalo St., without A. Samedi, rides 45 pts. from Simmons boys of Rochester to 81-69 beating of Pitt-Bradford. Bengals tackle Naz (95-67 trouncing of Marietta) in final. Fr Jake Simmons with 27 pts(12x23fg, 5x12 3s) in 30'; soph Norm Simmons 18 pts(8x12fg), 8 rebs, 4 assts in 32'; T.O. Jackson 12 pts(6x9fg), 10 rebs. BS 33x69fg

Bridgewater over Lehman 68-56 in New Paltz tourney opener

[jdex]

New Paltz tumbles to St. Joe's (LI) 84-80 and takes on Lehman in NP tourney consi

Oswego gets final nod by holding off Jersey City U. 69-65. Lakers to meet Medgar Evers (62-48 over Morrisville). O'State takes 39-33 lead at half and builds double figure edge. Jerseys within pair at 5:37 and one at 1:19. C. Burridge 20 pts(8x10fg), C. Monaghan 4 assts, 3 stls; fr. B. Nollet 10 pts, 4pf in 20'; fr. H. Ward 17 rebs, 4pf in 23'. Oswego 44-19 board dominance

[magicman]

Brockport State moves to 3-0 on the year with a 63-50 win over Green Mountain. Jermaine Johnson scored 15 of his team high 17 points in the 2nd half to lead the Golden Eagles. Francisco Lantigua added 10 pts and 6 boards and Gerald Williams also reached double figures with 10 pts. Brandon Williams had a good all around game with 9 pts, 5 assists,. and 4 steals.
Brockport was down 34-28 at the half, got to within 1 around the 10 min. mark at 46-45,  and then used a 3 pointer by Greg Schiefen to spark a 12-0 run over the next 5 mins. to put away the Vermont Eagles.

[magicman]

Cortland State down 46-37 at the half against Williams. Hope the Red Dragons can come back and pull this one out.

Amherst handled Ithaca College pretty easily today winning by 25, 92-67. We need a NY split with the boys from NESCAC.

[jdex]

Wow!! Cortland drops 72-68 title game to host Williams after overcoming 54-39 deficit. RDragons on D. Marshall hoop grab 63-62 lead at 4:02. Williams gets reversal at ft line and holds on from there in wild finish. Blake Schultz of Ephs finishes with 29 pts including 12x16 ft and many clutch throws at end. Cortland's R. Evans with 26 pts

[jdex]

Oswego captures Ziel title with 80-54 lacing of Medgar Evers

Cortland down at half as Ephs of Williams go torrid 19x28fg to Dragons 14x28. CState suffers early second period blow when P. Oliver gets fourth pf after 90 seconds and fouls out with about 11:30 left. R. Evans and D. Marshall pace comeback from 54-39 hole at 15:28 to 57-51 at 10:24. On fr J. Winiter jumper at 5:13 it's 62-61 Ephs before Marshall layup at 4:02 gives Dragons 63-62 edge. Ephs get lead for good at 3:58 from ft stripe and B. Schultz takes them home, though Cortland shows resiliency. Evans connects to make it 66-65 at 0:21. CSt misses tying trey at 0:09. Winter trey at 0:03 gets within 70-68. Schultz caps 12x16ft, 29 pt(8x16fg) performance from line at 0:02.
Evans notches his 26 pts on 10x18fg, 4x9 3s in 34'. Marshall has 13 pts(5x11fg, 3x6 3s). Winter nets 9 pts, Oliver 8 pts, 3 reb in 15'. CSt 28x58fg, 9x24 3s, 3x9ft. Ephs win at ft line -- 21x31. Go 23x50fg, 5x11 3s. Corts with 37-29 reb margin

[jdex]

Oswego rout paced by C. Burridge 22 pts(7x16fg, 7x8ft), 5 reb, 5 assts, 3 blks in 26'; C. Gilkes 14 pts(7x14fg), 8 reb in 17'; C. Monaghan 11 pts(4x4fg, 3x3 3s) in 18'; R. Sheridan 5 assts; S. Francois 10 rebs, 9 pts in 22'. Lakers 43-20 at half, shoot 27x73fg overall with 63 reb. Overmatched ME 20x70fg

Buffalo State slips to Nazareth 72-61 in BS tourney final. Naz C. McAdam 18 pts and mvp to lead five Flyers in double figures. Bengals ahead 34-33 at half. G. Carr 13 pts; J. Simmons 12 pts; N. Simmons 9 pts, 8 rebs, 3 stls. Latter duo all-tourney. BS 21x52fg, 0x8 3s and 27 of game's 49 pf. Consi to Marietta over Pitt-Bradford 70-54

[jdex]

Oneonta captures Muhlenberg tourney with 56-53 win over William Paterson, breaking 53-all tie on B. Beckford hoop at 3:47. M. Grimes adds final point at 0:09. RDragons down 33-31 midway. Second half tight although OSt enjoys 7 pt lead at one stage. Grimes 16 pts(6x10fg), 6 rebs; B. Hooks 13 pts(5x6fg, 3x4 3s), Beckford 10 pts, 9 rebs. Dragons 21x41fg, 6x15 3s, 8x12ft and 33-22 reb advantage. Jerseys 20x53fg, 4x18 3s, 9x11ft. Consi to hosts 66-52 over Moravian

Plattsburgh advances to its tourney's championship game in 77-66 halting of Noriwch. Will meet Husson (75-67 over RIT) on Sunday afternoon. Cards led by E. Daniyan 22 pts(10x16fg), 12 reb in 23'. Ahead 37-29 at half and build to 20 pt gap at 5:50. S. Thomas 16 pts(5x7fg) in 37'; C. Ruiz 13 pts(6x15fg) in 24'