MBB: State University of New York Athletic Conference

[zola]

Welcome back Bear. Let the games begin.

Planning on a Brockport - Geneseo final at the Chase on Saturday. While most predictions I've made have been more lethal than an appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated, these should be fine if the Knights are for real.

If your stuck in the north country for the weekend, Oneonta @ Potsdam will entertain.

Tuesday the 16th, dinner at Canale's and a Brockport v. Oswego dessert, fine evening fare. I haven't seen B'prts latest imports but hope they're as good as advertised. May be the best chance for a tournament-enabled SUNYAC team?

Final 4 tickets went on sale Monday. If you haven't been, go. No matter the teams, great competition, decent venue, not all that far, warm if we're lucky...say no  more.

[bports]

Pretty tough for Bport and geneseo to play sat considering they play friday.

[zola]

My bad - misread the Geneseo website. Although, at my age, being a day late isn't all that bad.

[slickyquick]

my prediction on the bport-geneseo game. bport overwhelms geneseo's veteran guards with their pressure and wins by 20. i have never been impressed by these geneseo guards like i was when they had binger, greco, and lemoyne. but, as everyone knows weird things happen when sunyac teams play each other.

[sjfcards]

my prediction on the bport-geneseo game. bport overwhelms geneseo's veteran guards with their pressure and wins by 20. i have never been impressed by these geneseo guards like i was when they had binger, greco, and lemoyne. but, as everyone knows weird things happen when sunyac teams play each other.

I don't know...I tend to think that Geneseo is a team on the rise this year. I do think Brockport will win, but I think it will be close until the last 5 minutes. Brockport appears to be the class of the SUNYAC so they should get it done.

[jdex]

Would surprise us not to find Bport in Chase final vs. UR. Had them atop SUNYAC from 1st semester showing and has only grown (as in Sherod Harris). See chemistry as only potential hazard. Deep and talented.

Also tonight, NP at Pdam, IT at BS, OsSt at Freds, OnSt at Pburgh

And Saturday in addition to Chase, NP at Pburgh, Corts and Freds, OsSt at BS, OnSt at Pdam

[jdex]

Surprise it is! Geneseo 84, Brockport 73

New Paltz 73, Potsdam 61
Buffalo St. 99, SUNYIT 85
Oswego 64, Fredonia 62
Oneonta 58, Plattsburgh 56

[jdex]

Geneseo jumps out 28-10 and  has 41-33 margin at half. Knights hike to 14 and Bport never nearer than 9. Gens make 60% fg to Eagles 33% (6x15 3s 1st half, 2x16 after); 40pf on Bport leads to 37x59ft for Gens. T. Kitson 24 pts(9x11fg); S. Morton 16 pts, 5 rebs, 4 blks; G. Spears 11 pts; B.Bennett 10 pts, 9 rebs, 7 assts, 4 stls. Sherod Harris 22 pts for Bport, M. Wilkes 11 pts

Buff St. 36x72fg, 21x28ft. D. Mozelle 23 pts(10x17fg) 9 rebs; B. Wood 18 pts(6x14fg) 8 assts, 3 stls; J. Lawal 15 pts(6x9fg) 14 rebs; c. Guiden 5 assts. BS 53-39 reb gap. IT 34x80fg, 11x31 3s. C. Reaves 25 pts(10x24fg, 2x8 3s) 8 rebs, 6 assts; C. LaBoard 19 pts(8x16fg) 9 rebs, 7 assts, 3 stls; C. Plante 15 (5x11 3s). Bengals 52-46 at half

Oswego 30-22 at the break. T. Franze 18 pts(7x12fg), 5 stls, 3 assts; E. Robertson 16 pts, 8 rebs; D. White 11 pts(4x6fg), 6 rebs. Lakers 21x57fg. Freds own 49-42 board advantage and get 17 pts(7x12fg, 3x7 3s) from T. Alassari who has 6 rebs, 3 assts, 2 stls. Devils come from 10 back to 45-41 down at 7'. K. Reichlmayr 10 pts, 12 rebs, 3 stls

[jdex]

New Paltz puts Potsdam in 34-28 hole at half, finishes 24x64fg, 23x32ft. T. Cannon 21 pts(7x16fg) 7 rebs; A. Foluke Henderson 17 pts(7x12fg), 7 rebs, 4 stls; J. Hauser 13 pts(4x15fg), 9 rebs; M. Irwin 11 pts, 9 assts, 3 stls. Potsdam 25x61fg, 5x10ft, outboarded 45-39 and 25 trnvrs. D. Brown 18 pts(6x10fg, 4x5 3s), 3 assts in 21'; A. Williams 13 pts; J. Hall 10 pts; B.Siskavich 10 reb in 18'; T. Reinhardt 0 pts, 6 rebs in 28'

[jdex]

Oneonta keeps top perch with big road win on E. Bratt trey at 0:20. Miserable Pburgh opening half (20%fg) finds Dragons with 28-17 lead. A. Williams has Burgh up 51-49 to put OSt in comeback mode. Bratt 13 pts, B. Fisk 9, R. Morin 9, M. Reardon 9 assts. Williams 15 pts in setback; R. Rider 14 pts, 5 rebs; K. Hunt 12 pts; T. Gorham 8 rebs

[FisherDynasty]

I dont think the Geneseo win over Bport was that much of a Surprise, I predicted Geneseo to win the SUNYAC this year, they have Solid talented guards with a bunch of solid big men that play very structured basketball.  Yes I think Bport is more talented and was the favorite but I think that Geneseo's strong guard play was exactly what it was going to take to beat an uptempo pressurizing bport D.

[jdex]

Fisher 85, Brockport 81

[jdex]

Vengeful Fisher ahead 44-39 at intermission but falls in 53-49 arrears prior to 3pt Fish flurry while bolting to 66-57 lead. Cards 31x57fg, 11x25 3s keyed by D. Mueller career best 30 pts(10x15fg, 6x10 3s), 4 stls. Bport 32x64fg, 6x17 3s, 23 assts. B. Williams 18 pts(7x13fg) in 22'; Sherod Harris 10 pts, 7 assts; M. Wilkes 5 assts; J. Johnson 10 pts, leading 5 rebs in 12'

Buffalo St. 81, Oswego 76. Bengals by 42-35 at half. Lakers regain lead in second half and rule till 3:15 D. Mozelle hoop. Mozelle 20 pts(9x19fg), 5 rebs; B. Wood 13 pts, 7 assts, 7 rebs; J. Lawal 10 pts(4x5fg). BS 29x65fg, OSt 30x67fg. T. Franze 17 pts(7x18fg), 10 of Lakers' 26trnvrs; M. Burridge 16 pts(8x13fg), 10 rebs; M. Jabbi 13 rebs, 8 pts in 19'; T. Downing 8 assts, 9 pts

Plattsburgh 86, New Paltz 66. Pburgh by 19 in opening period and 35-26 at half. tied with 13:29 left. Cards 33x59fg, 8x17 3s. A. Williams 25 pts(8x13fg, 3x5 3s), 4 assts, 3 stls in 27'; T. Gorham 12 pts(6x7fg), 7 rebs; K. Hunt 12 pts(5x9fg); A. Miller 11 pts, 5 assts. NP 22x67fg led by M. Irwin 15 pts(5x10fg, 4x7 3s); T. Cannon 12 pts; J. Hauser 12 pts; A.Foluke-Henderson 10 pts, 12 reb, 5pf in 21'

Potsdam 62, Oneonta 56. OSt looking to stay unbeaten in league takes 38-28 control at half as Pdam has 11x28fg then and finishes comeback at 22x47. T. Reinhardt 16 pts(7x12fg) in 32' following scoreless Friday; B. Sisavich 14 pts(6x12fg, 2x3 3s) in 23'; A. Dike 7 rebs. Dragons 27x52fg (14x26 1st half), 8x16 3s. W. Heslin 15 pts(6x10fg, 2x4 3s); E. Bratt 14 pts(5x8fg, 4x5 3s); B. Fisk 11 pts; K. Reed 8 pts,11rebs;  8 of OSt. 22 assts; M. Reardon 7 assts

[thebear]

A few more details on Oneonta @ Potsdam.  Oneonta was atop the SUNYAC standings at 4-0.  They extended their lead to 17 (45-28) early in the second half, before Potsdam went on an 11 minute 20-0 run.  Been a long time since I've seen a college team of any kind held scoreless for 11 minutes.  For the last 16 minutes of the game, the Potsdam outscored the Dragons 34-11. 

This is the Bears second huge turnaround against a SUNYAC foe.  In December, they came from 18 down in the second half to defeat Brockport (sans Sherrod Harris and Cantrel).

Nice comeback for this young Potsdam team after a disappointing loss to New Paltz the night before.

[jdex]

Cortland 74, Fredonia 66. D. Maggiacomo cuts loose for 42 pts on 14x18fg AND 10x12 3s. Adds 2 assts, 3 stls in 37'. Corts down 35-29 at half and 45-36 with 15:26 to go. Go on 27-8 tear featuring Maggiacomo 18 pts. Dragons 25x51fg, 10x19 3s. Soph C. Niehoff 19 pts(7x12fg), co-leading 4 rebs. D. Jutton 4 assts. Freds 27x56fg. K. Reichlmayr 20 pts(9x11fg); A. Smith 14 pts

Rochester 80, Geneseo 53 in Chase final. Over early. Jackets in 39-13 halftime domination. Gens 23x53fg to UR 28x41. Knights T. Kitson (8 pts, 6 reb) and S. Morton (8 pts) all tourney. M. Chmielowiec 19 pts(6x8fg, 3x5 3s) paces UR