MBB: State University of New York Athletic Conference

[jdex]

Plattsburgh returning to court at this moment in opener of Springfield tourney. Cards at 4-3 tangling with 8-2 Kean prior to host 3-7 Pride meeting 7-3 Colby. Wednesday consi at 3, final at 7:30

From earlier, New Paltz 101-86 victim of Chaminade in Hawaii; Oswego nipped 87-85 at Christopher Newport.

[jdex]

Plattsburgh beaten 67-62 by good Kean outfit in Springfield tourney start. Pburgh ahead 29-26 at half; game even at 50 at 6:44 before Kean moves to fore. J. Dumont 14 pts; A.Williams 14 pts; K. Hunt 12 pts, 10 rebs; T. Gorham 10 rebs, 5 assts. Burgh vs. Colby in Wed. consi

In New Paltz slip to Chaminade, J. Hauser 26 pts(4x7 3s) to give him 1,021 career. A. Foluke-Henderson 22 pts, 5 rebs; M. Hauser 11 pts; M. Irwin 7 assts

In Bport rout of D'Youville, A. Poles 18 pts. Eagles 60-39 half and 100-50 with 9' left. Have 24 stls, 26 assts

In Oswego second straight narrow loss in southland, T. Franze 26 pts;  E.Robertson 21 pts(5x9 3s);M. Burridge 16 pts, 11 rebs; M. Jabbi 11 pts, 16 rebs

In Cortland fall to Susquehanna, D. Maggiacomo 18 pts -- all in first half of 77-60 loss. D. Jutton 12 pts

[jdex]

Certainly doesn't look like a big (or anywhere near) SUNYAC season, at least in comparison to other circuits. Still, once conference play underway next week in earnest it would appear to be a wide open chase. Off all play thus far we will say Brockport might have the upper hand. And a couple of new recruits for second semester underscores that premise. Oswego is right there as well, we believe. Couple of narrow slips over holidays, but even without their ace at the point, Lakers look to be a load. Others stepping up well. And don't dismiss Plattsburgh despite 4-4 mark. Every loss to quality foe -- and not by much. And good case could be made for Geneseo, a veteran crew. Oops, then there's SUNYIT. Talented bunch led by C. Reaves. Just may be No. 1 team. Has that kind of potential. We also take a liking to The Paltz. Current leader Oneonta a pretender for sure, me thinks. Should break from skid Thursday night  home vs. St. Joe's of Vt.

On Wednesday's dance card: Geneseo at Pitt-Bradford for a good test; Fredonia at home gets Houghton; and Pburgh in the Springfield tourney consi at 3 plays 7-4 Colby. 

[sjfcards]

I have seen a few SUNYAC teams play this year. Geneseo, Cortland, and Brockport...of the teams that I have seen I think Geneseo is the best team out there. Brockport was a close second...I can't imagine many teams in the SUNYAC being better than those two teams. If I was to place a bet, I would put my money on Geneseo to finish first in SUNY and Brockport second by a very small margin.

Obviously I have not seen Potsdam and they can always be a contender...

[jdex]

Plattsburgh 86, Colby 70

[jdex]

Geneseo over Pitt-Bradford 77-57, building on 42-31 halftime edge. S. McDonnell 14 pts(4x7fg, 2x3 3s) in 27'; S. Morton 20 pts(8x15fg), 6 rebs in 33'; B. Bennett 14 pts(7x9fg); T. Kitson 10 pts, 11 rebs; G. Spears 10 pts, 6 assts. Knights 32x57fg; 15 play vs. 7-4 P-B

Fredonia losing streak at 8 in 83-76 fall to Houghton, which takes 44-25 bulge at half. Freds come within 5 vs. 5-5 winners. K. Reichlmayr 23 pts; T. Alassari 14 pts; B.Cooper 12 pts. Freds 25x50fg, 23x34ft. Houghton's L. Mortonson 35 pts(13x19fg, 6x8 3s) and 25 pts 1st half

Pburgh in 35-28 midway control and go on 25-7 run. Holds 69-44 lead with 9' to go. A. Williams 18 pts, 5 assts; all tourney T. Gorham 15 pts, 7 rebs, 5 assts; K. Hunt 13 pts, 7 rebs; J. Dumont 11 pts, 6 rebs. Cards 54% from field and 11x22 3s. Boost record to 5-4 vs. 7-5 Colby

[jdex]

Oneonta returns to winning ways with 67-60 home win over St. Joe's, Vt behind transfer newcomer B. Fisk 20 pts(6x11fg, 5x10 3s). B. Heslin 13 pts, K. Reed 11 pts, 10 rebs; M. Reardon 11 pts; J. Murphy 5 assts. OSt 24x72fg, 9x27 3s, 10x22ft. Up by 18 late in first half and by 16 in second half before Joe's within 4 at 1:34

[jdex]

Time for a few SUNYACs to step up if conference wants some respect. Brockport leads the way with pair of difficult tasks (this ain't D'Youville), but at home -- tonight vs. 7-1 Hamilton, Sunday matinee with 9-0 St. Lawrence. Bports getting plenty of love as possible favorite in next week's Chase tourney. Oswego tonight at home vs. good Clarkson and tomorrow hosts SL.

Didn't mean to recently dismiss (or diminish) Potsdam's SUNYAC chances. Only 3-6 though somewhat misleading (losses to Clarkson twice, NYU, Gens, Bport, SL and hot shooting IC). But have to get things going. Could start tonight in Trinity fest. Still, tough one vs. 8-2 Westfield which hasn't played Pdam's type of schedule. That's 8 p.m. tip after 9-1 Trinity vs. 6-3 Framingham.

Also Saturday, Geneseo (looked at as middle of  road Chase pick, though we believe a more serious challenger) tunes up at Elmira (aka D'Youville?), and struggling Cortland draws more trouble at home vs. RPI

[thebear]

As Chucky used to say "I'm Back".  Spent the month of December in San Diego, which I highly recommend.

Daughter was ill in California, and since my wife is a prof, I got the duty.  On the mend now.  Thanks to all, especially ZOLA and crew for their thoughts and prayers.

JDEX - you are right on SUNYAC having to step it up tonite. 

One correction, Potsdam BEAT B'port, coming back from 18 down in the second half to win 98-95 ('port's only loss to date).  Their six losses have been to teams with a combined record of 42-11 (.794) including unbeatens SLU and NYU. 

Potsdam has a lot of freshman and sophomores in the regular rotation, and will be up and down as they develop.  Only 1 player, reserve G Devin Taft is in his third year in the program, 2 first year, 2 JUCO's, 7 sophs.

Real find has been 6-6 post Tim Reinhardt,  grew up in B'port's back yard (Hilton) attended Potsdam, didn't play at first, then walked on after C. Turner and E. Harris graduated, now their leading scorer and rebounder, with 15ppg and 6 rpg despite playing with a mask.

This could be one of those years that SUNYAC feeds on their young, everyone beats everyone else, cluster of teams between 11-5 and 6-10, all enough to dim overall records, and result in only 1 bid for the conference. 

Geneseo should be good, they have size, depth, two former conference ROY's, and like all Geneseo teams, smart kids who are coachable. 

Since I have official duties in the athletic dept these days, I will keep my comments to a minimum except to correct factual errors like this one.

[bports]

Brockport puts on a clinic in the 2nd half and pounds a very good hamilton team 95-75. Bport leads at the half by3,and stretches the lead to 10 early in the 2nd only to see hamilton come back to take a 62-61 lead. Thats when Bport went on a monster of a run and turned this game into a rout at the 5 minute mark. Sherod Harris in only his second game looks like this is his 4th year with his teammates. If i had to guess i would say he had around 20-24 pts and 7 assts? The guards Brockport has are creating alot of problems with defenses. they were getting open look after open look. Bport missed a ton of chip shots and ft's in first half or else this may have got really ugly. This hamilton team was receiving votes in the top 25 and had already beat 1 top 25 team. Does anyone know if the whole sunyac tourney is going to be played on campuses this year? I thought i read that somewhere.

[jdex]

Brockport 94, Hamilton 75. Eagles 49-46 at half and 68-66 at 9:27 when a 21-0 run settled matters. A pair of key 3's by She. Harris figure. He finishes 18 pts(6x14fg, 4x9 3s), 9 assts. A. Poles 17pts(3x7 3s); D. Maldonado 14 pts(4x6 3s); M. Wilkes 11 pts,  stls. Bport 33x69 fg, 13x29 3s, 40 rebs, 15x25ft. Hams 29x68fg, 8x24 3s, 41 rebs, 9x11ft

Oswego nipped 64-62 at home by Clarkson whose Knights overcome 39-25 half deficit and 21 pt second half hole. Take lead at 2:44 on E. Pickering hoop and for good at 1:34 on B. Linton pts. T.Franze 15 pts for Lakers; D. White 12 pts; E.Robertson 11 pts. Clarkson 8-2, OsSt 5-4

[jdex]

Potsdam loses 76-71 to Westfield St. at Trinity Tourney. Plays Framingham Sat at 1:30 in consi. Trinity over latter 100-61

[jdex]

Potsdam down 34-26 midway. Winds up 26x60fg, 5x19 3s, 19 assts to Westfield 29x59fg. S. Mitchell 16 pts(5x9fg, 4x7 3s) in 29'; J. Hall 13 pts(3x5fg, 7x7ft) in 16'; T. Reinhardt 10 pts(4x7fg), 8 rebs, 6 assts; A. Dike 10 pts(5x6 fg)

Bport turns 25 Ham trnvrs into 36 pts

[sjfcards]

A very impressive win for Brockport tonight against a very good Hamilton team. Could it be that Brockport is positioning itself to be the favorite in the SUNYAC Conference?..From what I have seen I would have to think so...

[jdex]

Geneseo needs 44-15 second half push to stop host Elmira 77-55. Slow starting Knights behnd 40-32 at break before getting it going vs. 1-9 Soaring Eagles. S. Morton 18 pts(6x12fg, 3x5 3s), 5 assts. Nets 14 in final 20'. S. McDonnell 16 pts(5x10fg, 2x5 3s); T. Kitson 12 pts, 7 rebs; B. Bennett 6 assts. Gens 28x60fg and 42-32reb gap. Elms 21x58fg. Knights 6-3