MBB: State University of New York Athletic Conference

[jdex]

More precincts reporting .......Magic touch a bit less in LL .... 1-1

[magicman]

More precincts reporting .......Magic touch a bit less in LL .... 1-1

Yeah I'm slipping. Only 5 of 7 overall tonight. Hartwick-Stevens , Geneseo-Fredonia , Clarkson-SLU, Brockport -Buffalo St and Oswego-New Platz were all tough games to handicap. Not surprised that Geneseo beat Freds, as I went back and forth on that one for quite a while. Finally just threw up my hands and went with the home team. SLU losing at home to Clarkson does surprise me a bit. Saw both teams in person earlier and Saints are the better team. But Knights with less talent, have a lot of heart, hustle, and good outside shooters. Also with loss of Clarkson's big guy and Saints coming off good win against Skidmore, Larries seemed to be the right choice. I now think they are the most inconsistent team in the East.   

[with age came?]

Anyone surprised that Oswego did not at least get a mention in the top 25 rankings. Had good wins and already own a win over Ithaca and all losses were nailbiters.  Just thought they should a least get a vote or two. 

[magicman]

Anyone surprised that Oswego did not at least get a mention in the top 25 rankings. Had good wins and already own a win over Ithaca and all losses were nailbiters.  Just thought they should a least get a vote or two. 

You need to check out the Poster's Poll on the multi-Regional topic board.
Here's the link:    http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=4188.2160

#36 is Oswego getting 3 points for my vote at #23 and #38 is Hobart getting 1 point for my vote at #25. I'm hoping that if Oswego wins all their games this week they'll be 14-3 and that might get them a mention in the next real poll. Part of their problem is they've played less games than just about everyone else, so the voters are looking at them with a record of 11-3 and comparing them to teams that have 14, 15, or 16 wins. Hobart did get a mention this week and if they keep winning they'll move up. 

[magicman]

Carl Munnerlyn a senior guard for Plattsburgh State was named as the SUNYAC player of the week for the 2nd time this season. Carl is the only 2 time winner this year.

SUNYAC write up:
Carl Munnerlyn (Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie) came off the bench to lead the Cardinals with an 18.0 scoring average, as Plattsburgh went 2-0 in SUNYAC play. He tied his career-high of 23 points vs. Buffalo State to top all scorers, including 10-of-10 at the free throw line. He sank six attempts in the final 1:22 to seal the 80-76 win as the Cardinals shot 78.6 from the charity stripe. Munnerlyn shot 43 percent from the arc, 45 from the floor and 87.5 from the charity stripe over the two-game span as Plattsburgh moved into sole possession of second place in the SUNYAC standings



Top performers for this week so far

Jake Simmons making a bid to also become a 2 time winner with a huge game for Buffalo State last night against Brockport. Jake scored 30 points on 10x20 from the field, 5x9 from long distance, and 5x6 from the line. He also added 5 rebounds, 3 steals and a block in 35 minutes

Chad Burridge was the game's leading scorer in the Laker's win at New Paltz. Chad scored 23 points(8x17 fg, 1x2 3's, 5x6 ft) with 6 rebounds and 4 blocked shots in 33 minutes

Shareef Taylor led the Hawks in a losing effort with 21 points (10x17 ft 0x2 3's 1x1 ft) with 8 rebounds in 30 minutes.

Brockport's Gerald Williams scored 23 in the loss at Buffalo State. He was 7x18 from the field 2x8 from long range and 7x8 from the line in 37 minutes

Fredonia's Adam Smith was the game's leading scorer in the Blue Devils' loss to Geneseo. He had 21 points(10x15 fg, 1x2 ft), 7 rebounds, 2 blocks, and a steal in only 23 minutes.

Mike Hoy was the leading score for Geneseo with 18 points(5x10 fgf, 3x5 3's, 5x8 ft) in 30 minutes.

Jesse Winter with 23 points(7x12 fg, 4x6 3's, 5x6 ft) for Cortland but it wasn't enough to prevent them from losing to Oneonta 67-61. Winter also added 5 assists and 2 rebounds in 36 minutes.

Derek Hahn with a double-double for the winning Red Dragons as he had 14 points(5x6 fg, 4x6 ft) and a whopping 15 rebounds in 28 minutes.       

[magicman]

Friday Night's SUNYAC games:


Fredonia State   @   Cortland State      8:00 PM
Can the Red Dragons win at home tonight and escape the cellar? Can Fredonia win on the road? Answers: Yes and No. Cortland takes it 67-63   
   
Potsdam State  @    New Paltz State      8:00 PM
New Paltz looking for revenge, will have too much firepower for the Bears. Hawks roll 81-69.     
   
Geneseo State  @    Brockport State      8:00 PM
Can't believe Geneseo can win 2 road games in a row. Can't believe Brockport will lose 3 straight conference games. Golden Eagles prevail 76-67 
     
Buffalo State   @   Oswego State      8:00 PM
Can the Bengals upset the Lakers on the road? They already lost to Oswego in Buffalo back on December 4th. Lakers have won 5 in a row. Last time they won 5 in a row, they got upset by St. Lawrence trying to go for 6.  I think Buff State pays them back and wins a tight one 79-77.       

Plattsburgh State   @   Oneonta State      8:00 PM
Cardinals have won 7 straight over the Red Dragons. Tonight they make it eight. Plattsburgh wins 78-71.     

[magicman]

Wouldn't you know. I'm getting live stats for every SUNYAC game except the one I want the most. Can't get my Cardinals taking on Oneonta. Live stats page for the game comes up showing Plattsburgh and Oneonta, with a score of 67-61 game over, but it's actually the final of the Oneonta and Cortland  game from this past Tuesday. Come on Oneonta get your act together and show us the right game.

[magicman]

I guess you just have to ask. 30 seconds after my post complaining about the incorrect live stats coming from Oneonta, the correct live stats for the Plattsburgh-Oneonta game flahed up on the screen. ThankYou! Thank You! Thank You!

[magicman]

Cortland up on Fredonia 37-25 at the half.

Brockport leads Geneseo 43-29 at the half.

Other halftime scores

Plattsburgh 28 Oneonta 22

Potsdam 33  New Paltz 32

Oswego 37 Buffalo St. 27

[magicman]

Cortland State  moves into sole possession of 8th place as they defeat Fredonia 69-57.


Jeremy Smith with 22 points, Jesse Winter with 20 and John Connolly with 17 lead the Red Dragons

[magicman]

Plattsburgh State hangs on to defeat Oneonta

Cardinals were up by 22 at one point with 9:25 to go in the 2nd half and still up 67-48 with 3:49 to play when Coach Curle emptied the bench. Red Dragons pulled to within 10 at 69-59 but Curle inserts starters to close this one out Cardinals win 75-59.   

[magicman]

Oswego holds off Buffalo State 77-71 behind 22 points from Conor Monaghan and 21 points from Chad Burridge.

Potsdam and New Paltz headed to overtime tied at 58.

[magicman]

Brockport's live stats froze up at halftime but now have a final as the golden Eagles defeat Geneseo 82-67.

New Paltz up on the bears 70-68 with 22 seconds to go in OT.

[magicman]

New Paltz prevails in overtime as they down Potsdam 73-68.

[magicman]

Here's some short recaps:

Plattsburgh 75 Oneonta 59

After initial exchange of baskets Plattsburgh grabbed the lead for good at 6-4 and stretched it to 9 points at 22-13. Up 28-22 at the half, Cards with 19-4 run to open up a 21 pt. lead at 47-26. Plattsburgh maintained a comfortable advantage the rest of the way although a late surge by Oneonta against the Plattsburgh reserves did cut it to 10 at one point.

Cards were led by Chris Ruiz, the game's high scorer, who managed a double-double of 26 points (10x20 fg.1x5 3's, 5x6 ft) and 10 rebounds. Steve Thomas was close to a double-double as well with 17 points(6x13 fg, 1x3 3's. 6x7 ft) and 8 boards. Errol Daniyan added 14 points(6x13 fg, 2x4 ft) and 6 rebounds. Cards won the rebound battle 41-35 and only had 11 turnovers to 16 by the Red Dragons.

Oneonta was led by Troy Talbot with 16 points( 5x11 fg, 6x6 ft) and Brian Hooks with 11 points(5x7 fg, 1x2 3's)

Plattsburgh moves to 7-2 in league play 11-5 overall. The Cardinals will travel to New Paltz for a game with the Hawks tomorrow afternoon.

Oneonta is now 5-5 and 6-11. They host Potsdam tomorrow.