MBB: State University of New York Athletic Conference

[jdex]

Cortland 14 game win skein ends at hands of visiting Oswegos. Shaky Dragons' shooting continues second straight night.  Corts 22x58fg(4x19 3s) vs. Lakers, who go 22x49(2x12). M. Burridge 18 pts(9x11fg), 8 rebs.  pace winners. A. Mims 14 pts(5x11fg), 9 rebs; N. Perioli 5 assts (2x8fg) in 38'. For Corts F. Ranieri 15 pts; R. Headley 11 pts, 10 rebs; D. Maggiacomo 9 pts (3x14fg, 3x11 3s); S. Skrelja 10 rebs. First time Maggiacomo hasn't hit double figures this season. Off the bench at all times.
Lakers in 26-21 lead at half when Cortland 8x27fg. Lead throughout second half and 56-44 at 3:55. Don't score again till 56-50 at 1:45. Up 59-50 at 1:29. Maggiacomo nails pair of 3s, the second at :44 to complete scoring. His final trey attempt off back rim at buzzer

[jdex]

Brockport in shootout at home, survives with 28x37fting to Utica's 16x22. B. Bellucci 5x6 down the stretch prove vital and give him 27 pts(7x15fg, 3x3 3s) to go with 10 rebs, 6 assts, 6 TVrs. D. Rubertone 20 pts(7x9fg), 7 rebs; K. Amparo 19 pts(7x10fg), 4 assts; J. Rother 13 pts(5x9fg), 4pf in 26'; J. Cheves 9 pts(4x10fg).
Bport up by 11 in first half and settles for 47-42 lead at break. Nip and tuck final 20'; Tech taking 86-85 edge at 4:09 on Gilkes points. Bellucci answers with '3' at 3:45.
Bport 32x61fg(6x18 3s); Utica 34x84fg(11x31 3s). Guests' C. Laboard 28 pts(9x20fg, 3x8 3s); C. Reaves 24 pts(8x17fg), 8 rebs, 3 assts, 3 stls, 5pf; C. Bien-Aime 15 pts, 5pf in 16'; A. GIlkes 13 pts(6x13fg), 10 rebs, 4pf in 13'. Two foul out, three others with four. Bport 4-2 in league, Utica 5-2

Fredonia sees 30-14 bulge at half disappear quickly. Plattsburgh forges 34-33 lead before Freds regain balance, seize lead and hold on. T. Alassari 22 pts, C. Donahue 11 pts, T. Anderson 11 pts. Platts' J. Dumont scores 15, T. Gorham 13

[bearseh]

Dragons shooting hasn't been shakey - it has been hideous. Deciding factors on Friday: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th chances and Plattsburg's inability to play any aspect of the game to any degree of competence. I rue driving an hour and spending $8 admission to view this stinker with my wife. The best part of the game was sharing an orange and Peppermint Patty at the half.

Was commmited to see Potsdam at Buff State Saturday but did follow the Oswego v Cortland web cast. Both leave heads shaking with grotesque first half. Oswego in control througout 2nd half. Up by 9 with 1:29 remaining. Cort closes with a mini-run to make it appear interesting. Actually, it was...for 1:29.

Should, at least for a while, give rest to the delusion that Dragons should be in top 25. No slam at the team intended - only at the delusional.  Dragons do D-up and make teams play ugly; most opponenets, however, can play ugly with or without D...and Dragons offense odius.

Conference tightens up and a good week ahead. We'll see if Geneseo has developed into a dangerous team - or just beating up light-weights. Games of the Week: Tuesday - Oswego v. SUNY IT; Friday - Cortland v. Geneseo; Saturday - Buff State v. Cortland.

[bimbo coles]

Big game tonight in Utica, visiting OSU Lakers vs IT Wildcats.. Oswego looks to avenge their Jan 14th 88-81 loss to Reaves and Co. With a win over Cortland last Saturday, can the Lakers keep momentum and their SUNYAC lead.. IT looks to keep pace with Conference leaders C-Land and Lakers.. Also looks to keep the pressure on  Brockport and Potsdam.. Can Laboard stay hot, and will Burridge be a presence in the post.. Better guard play definitely determing the out come of this game.. IT: Bein-Aime, Reaves, Plante.. OSU:  Perioli, Franze, Downing.

Buff State needs win tonight to stay in the mix of things, good test for Geneseo to prove themselves in the conference..

Brockport trying to take care of Fredonia at their home gym.. Looking to put some space between themselves and the bottom half of the pack..

NP at O-State... Both looking for win #2...

Plattsburg vs visiting Potsdam, big game for Potsdam to keep pace with top 4..

[John McGraw]

Cortland-IC webcast

http://www.bcmonsters.com

[jdex]

Cortland again not very impressive but stops guest Ithaca 62-49 at Pete's Palace. F. Ranieri 18 pts, 9 rebs, 4 assts. R. Headley 12 pts. J. Bellis paces IC, Burton scoreless. Corts 32-25 at half. Just 21x55fg and 4x17 3. IC 18x51fg

Brockport humbled at Fredonia 64-56. Freds up 17-2 in first 10', then 35-7 and 39-27 at half. Brocks within 55-54 at 3:45. T. Anderson, K. Gordon, D. Watkins, C. Donohue finish strong. T. Alassari 15 pts, T. Anderson 14 pts, 6 rebs, 6 assts. J. Cheves 16 pts for Eagles, D. Rubertone 15, Bellucci held to 13

Geneseo at home all over Buffalo State 88-64. G. Spears 17 pts(7x9fg), 7 rebs; N. Kelley 12 pts(4x5 3s), T. Kitson 6 rebs. S. Morton 16 pts. Leads 47-34 at half

Plattsburgh at home nips Potsdam 71-69
Oneonta at home whips New Paltz 72-47

[jdex]

Oswego spoils home sweep with 93-89 OT conquering of SUNYIT

Plattsburgh wins behind A. Williams 23 pts(15 1st half), 7 assts. K. Gibbs-Smith 18 pts, A. Miller 13, T. Gorham 13 rebs. Up 36-35 at half. Pdam's D. Brown 24 pts(9x13fg, 6x6 3s), E. Ducena 15 pts(6x7fg, 3x3 3s); E. Barton 11 pts, 6 assts in 25'; S. Mitchell 6 assts. Pdam 17 TVrs to Platts 9

[BBM]

Plattsburgh-Potsdam last night. A truly exceptional game. Both teams played with a tremendous amount of intensity. I was so sorry to see the game decided the way it was: Chris Gibbs-Smith made one of his usual spin moves, shot the ball over a man 6 inches shorter than he, misses shot, whistle blows, foul on the Potsdam guy.  Offensive foul, probably, but please, don't make the call that you did!!! The game should have been decided by overtime, not 2 free throws with 2.2 seconds left. The capacity crowd deserved a little longer night of hoops. Reaction after game: POtsdam fans: "Can you believe that?"  Plattsburgh fans: "we got away with one."

[ILOVEBALL]

to BBM.

GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. POTSDAM HAD A FRESHMAN WHO AVERAGES 4 POINTS A GAME GOES OFF FOR 24. BARTON DOESENT DO ****  ANTHONY WILLIAMS GOES FOR 23 POINTS 7 ASSISTS AND 1 TURNOVER. PLATTSBURGH SHOOTS THE BALL TERRIBLE AND STILL WINS BY TWO. POTSDAM GOES 10 FOR 13 FROM THE THREE POINT LINE AND STILL LOST. POTSDAM GOT BEAT. GIBBS SMITH GOES TO THE HOLE AND SHOOTS OVER TWO OR THREE PEOPLE AND GETS FOULED. STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR POTSDAM WHERE WAS YOUR HERO BARTON AT?  EXACTLY NO WHERE GIBBS SMITH GUARDED BARTON  AND HE DIDNT DO MUCH WHY DOESENT BARTON GUARD GIBBS SMITH. GIBB SMITH WENT 4 FOR 5 FROM THE FLOOR AND 4 FOR 5 FROM THE LINE IN THE SECOND HALF WHILE BEING DOUBLE TEAMED EVERY TIME HE TOUCHED THE BALL. IF PLATTSBURGH'S SHOOTERS WOULD HAVE BEEN HOT POTSDAM WOULD HAVE LOST BY 15. SO STOP MAKING EXECUSES. YOU POTSDAM FANS ALWAYS TALK ABOUT BARTON WHY DIDNT HE STEP UP AND SHUT DOWN GIBBS SMITH IN THE SECOND HALF AND DOWN THE STRETCH WHERE HE WORKED POTSDAM OUT. BUT KEEP MAKING EXCUSES ITS THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO. NO ONE ON THAT TEAM WAS ABLE TO HOLD GIBBS SMITH ONE ON ONE AND IF IT WASNT FOR THE DOUBLE TEAMS EVERYTIME HE TOUCHED THE BALL HE WOULD HAVE GAVE DUCENA 30 OR BETTER AND WILLIAMS TORCHED POTSDAMS GUARDS FOR 23 AND 7 AND ANTWON MILLER ALSO PLAYED A SOLID GAME OFF THE BENCH. TAKE AWAY #15 s BIRTHDAY NIGHT AND YOU GUYS ARNET EVEN IN THE GAME.

[Maxcy Maniac]

Toot your own horn some more...G-S. How many times have you beaten Potsdam in your career? Just keep your mouth shut till you beat Potsdam in the SUNYAC tournament.

[ILOVEBALL]

OH WOW SO WHAT I JUST BEAT THEM LAST NIGHT THOUGH. AND I AM NOT TOUTIN MY OWN HORN I AM STATING THE FACTS. POINT BLANK IS POTSDAM LOST LAST NIGHT MY ARGUMENT IS OVER AND HERE YOU COME OUT OF NO WHERE BUT SAY WHAT YOU LIKE WE WON LAST NIGHT SO TALK TO YOU LATER  AND TO BBM IF THE SPIN MOVE IS SO USUAL WHY DOESENT PEOPLE LEARN TO STOP IT AND WHY IS HE DOUBLE TEAMED EVERY TIME HE TOUCHES THE BALL. YOU PEOPLE THAT RIGHT ON THIS THING ARE SO FUNNY PROBABLY NEVER PLAYED A SPORT IN YOUR LIFE BUT SO QUICK TO HOP ON THE CLOSET SCHOOL TO YOUR HOUSE. GOOD NIGHT AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT IN POTSDAM

[ILOVEBALL]

AND TO BE HONEST I WOULDNT EVEN WRITE ON THIS PAGE BUT  EVERYTIME SOMEONE WRITES ABOUT PLATTSBURGH THEY ALWAYS SAY SOMETHING NEGATIVE SO I AM GOING TO DEFEND PLATTSBURGH STATE EVERYTIME THERE IS A NEGATIVE COMMENT. IF IT WASNT FOR THAT I WOULDNT EVEN WRITE ON HERE. EVERYTIME PLATTSBURGH NAME IS MENTIONED OR MOST OF THE TIME I SHOULD SAY IT IS SOMETHING NEGATIVE STARTING FROM LAST YEAR

[Maxcy Maniac]

G-S, YOUR CAPS LOCK IS ON...

[Pat Coleman]

Please don't shout. Thanks.

[John McGraw]

Don't you have anything better to do than to come on here and talk smack? I can't imagine your coach would be terribly happy about you posting on a message board about your immense greatness during the season. Is it that boring in Plattsburgh that you have to sit in the dorm room and peck away at the key board with your caps lock on? Most guys would let their play on the basketball court do their talking. So people say bad things about Plattsburgh. It's a message board. A last second win against a Potsdam team that's around the middle of the pack in the conference, nothing to seriously write home about.

And the last person you need to rag on is Edane Barton. By my estimation, he's still the best player in the conference. And...he's been a part of two SUNYAC Championship teams, been to the NCAA tournament twice, and twice, he was the Most Valuable Player of the SUNYAC tournament. Not to mention, he's got the common sense not to come on here and talk trash about others.