NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – After going 1-1 at the Cregger Classic last weekend, the State University of New York at New Paltz men's basketball team travels to SUNY Cortland on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 2 p.m.
RECORDS: The Hawks enter Tuesday's meeting with a 3-6, 1-1 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) mark… The Red Dragons are 8-0, 2-0 SUNYAC with league wins over Buffalo State and Fredonia.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS (3-6, 1-1): New Paltz finished 1-1 at the Cregger Classic hosted by Roanoke from Jan. 2-3, falling to the Maroons before defeating Eastern in the consolation game… Against Roanoke, four Hawks finished in double figures as senior forward
Taylor Sowah scored a team-high 17 points… Senior guard/forward
R.J. Rosa knocked in 16 points while junior forward
Kevin Roach contributed 15 points… Sophomore guard
Eric Regenbogen notched 12 points off the bench… Sowah and Rosa both dished out six assists… Versus Eastern, Regenbogen scored a career-high 22 points off the bench… Sowah recorded his fourth double-double of the year with 15 points and 11 boards… Roach and Rosa knocked in 12 and 10 points, respectively… The Hawks went 0-2 against Cortland last year, as Sowah averaged 16.0 ppg.
STATISTICAL LEADERSPoints: Sowah (15.0 ppg), Rosa (14.7 ppg), Roach (10.8 ppg)
Rebounds: Sowah (9.6 rpg), Roach (5.6 rpg),
Alex Perlman (4.9 rpg)
Assists: Rosa (3.4 apg), Sowah (2.8 apg), Regenbogen (2.3 apg)
Blocks: Sowah (0.9 bpg),
Taylor Mulvey (0.8 bpg), Perlman (0.6 bpg)
Steals: Rosa (2.7 spg), Regenbogen (1.7 spg), Sowah (1.6 spg)
TEAM STATISTICS: The Hawks are averaging 68.0 ppg… New Paltz is shooting 39.3 percent from the field (204-of-519)… The Hawks are 57-of-194 from behind the arc (29.4 percent)… New Paltz is averaging 41.2 rpg… The Hawks are 147-of-233 from the foul line (63.1 percent).
SCOUTING THE RED DRAGONS (8-0, 2-0): Cortland last played on Jan. 3 and defeated Medaille, 76-48… Senior guard and co-captiain Lamard Herron scored a team-best 18 points… Junior guard T.J. Hefele knocked down 14 points off the bench… This season the Red Dragons have also defeated Utica, Farmingdale, Trinity (Conn.), Ithaca and SUNY Poly… Herron is third in the SUNYAC in scoring… Junior guard Blair Estarfaa leads the SUNYAC in three-point percentage (53.6; 15-of-28)… Herron (3.0 spg) and junior guard/forward Grequan Carter (2.8 spg) rank one-two in the SUNYAC in steals… Last season Herron averaged 12.5 ppg against New Paltz.
STATISTICAL LEADERSPoints: Herron (17.1 ppg), Estarfaa (14.0 ppg), Shayne Martinez (8.8 ppg)
Rebounds: Carter (5.5 rpg), Herron (4.5 rpg), Martinez (4.0 rpg)
Assists: Herron (3.4 apg), Martinez (1.6 apg), Carter (1.1 apg)
Blocks: Herron (0.5 bpg), Carter (0.5 bpg), James Morales (0.5 bpg), Justin Prendergast (0.5 bpg)
Steals: Herron (3.0 spg), Carter (2.8 spg), Martinez (1.9 spg)
TEAM STATISTICS: Cortland is averaging 76.9 ppg while allowing a league-low 58.8 ppg (+18.1)… The Red Dragons are shooting 43.1 percent from the field and 37.7 percent from downtown… Cortland is 124-of-181 from the foul line (68.5 percent)… The Red Dragons are averaging 40.0 rpg.
LAST MEETING: New Paltz fell at Cortland 84-56 when these two teams last met on Feb. 4, 2014.
WHAT'S NEXT: The Hawks host Brockport and Geneseo this weekend, Jan. 9-10… Cortland hosts Oswego on Friday, Jan. 9 at 5:30 p.m.
