NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz men's basketball team looks to return to its winning ways at SUNY Fredonia on Friday night and Buffalo State on Saturday afternoon.
RECORDS: The Hawks are sitting at 6-7 overall, 4-2 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) after an 84-63 loss against SUNYAC Oneonta … SUNY Fredonia is 1-11, 0-8 in SUNYAC play… Buffalo State is 8-6, 4-4 SUNYAC.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS (6-7, 4-2): Prior to its loss at Oneonta, New Paltz won four straight games, including a 3-0 SUNYAC week against SUNY Cortland, The College at Brockport and SUNY Geneseo… This marked the longest winning streak under fourth-year head coach
Mike Rejniak and is the longest streak for the program since the 2010-11 campaign… Against Oneonta on Jan. 13, junior guard
Zach Cone-Douglas netted a team-high 15 points off the bench behind a 5-of-6 showing from the free throw line… Freshman forward
Taylor Mulvey matched his season-high with six boards, five of which were defensive… Sophomore guard
Eric Regenbogen added three assists… Junior forward
Kevin Roach went 4-of-5 from the field with nine points.
STATISTICAL LEADERSPoints:
R.J. Rosa (15.9 ppg),
Taylor Sowah (14.2 ppg), Roach (10.2 ppg)
Rebounds: Sowah (9.8 rpg), Roach (5.4 rpg),
Alex Perlman (4.2 rpg)
Assists: Regenbogen (2.9 apg), Sowah (2.8 apg), Rosa (2.6 apg)
Blocks: Mulvey (0.9 bpg), Perlman (0.7 bpg), Sowah (0.7 bpg)
Steals: Rosa (3.2 spg), Roach (1.5 spg), Regenbogen (1.5 spg)
TEAM STATISTICS: The Hawks lead the SUNYAC in field goal percentage defense (38.2 percent)… New Paltz ranks second in the conference in steals per game (10.69 spg) and third in defensive rebounds (27.5 rpg).
SCOUTING THE BLUE DEVILS (1-11, 0-8): Fredonia is looking for its first SUNYAC win… The Blue Devils dropped two SUNYAC contests last week against Geneseo and Brockport while falling to Buffalo State on Tuesday… For the second time this month, Fredonia fell to the Knights in an 80-71 loss… Junior guard Robert Lyles finished with 20 points while junior guard/forward Bayron Carter had 17 points and five rebounds for the Blue Devils… Junior guard Kyree Hull came away with eight rebounds and four assists… Against Brockport, freshman forward Ian Helps led Fredonia with 23 points, while Hull added 14 and Lyles provided 10, respectively… Helps also finished with 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season… Hull grabbed nine rebounds… The loss to Buffalo State was Fredonia's 10th straight, as it fell to 1-11 overall and 0-8 in the SUNYAC.
STATISTICAL LEADERSPoints: Helps (12.9 ppg), Lyles (10.2ppg), Hull (9.5ppg)
Rebounds: Helps (8.8 rpg), Hull (5.1 rpg), Carter (3.3 rpg)
Assists: Lyles (3.1 apg), Hull (2.4 apg), Alexander Grace (1.3 apg)
Blocks: Helps (1.3 bpg), Tremaine Shelton (1.4 bpg), Jovohn Owens (0.3)
Steals: Hull (1.3 spg), Lyles (1.2 spg), Helps (1.1 spg)
TEAM STATISTICS: The Blue Devils are second in SUNYAC in defensive rebounds (27.7 rpg)... Fredonia ranks fourth in rebounding offense (39.2 rpg).
LAST MEETING: New Paltz fell to Fredonia 93-83 when these two teams last met on Feb. 8, 2014.
SCOUTING THE BENGALS (8-6, 4-4): Buffalo State is looking to begin a winning streak after its 78-61 victory over SUNY Fredonia on Tuesday… Senior guard Chris Cartwright scored 10 straight points on a key 10-2 run by Buffalo State to help the Bengals grab the lead for good and earn a 78-61 conference victory at Fredonia on Tuesday night… Cartwright led Buffalo State on offense, scoring 24 points and dishing out four assists… Senior forward Chris Thompson recorded a double-double with 17 points and a team-high 10 rebounds and also had five steals… Senior guard Roderick Epps added 12 points and seven rebounds, while senior forward Larry Rivers tallied nine points and seven rebounds… With the win, the Bengals extended their winning streak against the Blue Devils to 10 games.
STATISTICAL LEADERSPoints: Epps (15.7 ppg), Lovell Smith (12.2 ppg), Thompson (10.8 ppg)
Rebounds: Thompson (6.2 rpg), Smith (5.3 rpg), Rivers (5.0 rpg)
Assists: Cartwright (4.4 apg), Derrick Fernandez (3.9 apg), Jordan Glover (2.7 apg)
Blocks: Thompson (1.4 bpg), Leon Moise (0.9 bpg), Rivers (0.6 bpg)
Steals: Glover (2.4 spg), Thompson (1.8 spg), Fernandez (1.6 spg)
TEAM STATISTICS: The Bengals lead in SUNYAC in scoring offense (80.5 ppg), rebounding offense (42.0 rpg), offensive rebounds (15.7 rpg) and steals (12.07 spg).
LAST MEETING: The Hawks fell to the Bengals 98-74 when these two teams last met on Feb. 7, 2014.
WHAT'S NEXT: The Hawks play SUNY Oswego and SUNY Cortland at home from Jan. 30-31… The Blue Devils play Medaille College on Jan. 27 before traveling to Northern New York to play SUNY Plattsburgh and SUNY Potsdam from Jan. 30-31… The Bengals will travel to play Plattsburgh and Potsdam on Jan. 30-31.
