Friday-Saturday, Feb. 13-14, 2015
New Paltz (10-11, 8-6 SUNYAC) at
Geneseo (12-8, 8-5 SUNYAC), Friday, Feb. 13, 5:30 p.m.
Brockport (10-10, 7-6 SUNYAC), Saturday, Feb. 14, 2 p.m.
Geneseo, N.Y. • Brockport, N.Y. |
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NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz men's basketball team remains on the road this weekend to take on State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) opponents SUNY Geneseo and The College at Brockport from Feb. 13-14.
RECORDS: The Hawks enter the weekend at 10-11, 8-6 SUNYAC and are tied for fifth in the standings… The Knights are currently 12-8 overall and 8-5 in the conference, sitting in third place… The Golden Eagles are overall 10-10 and 7-6 in the conference, good for eighth place in the standings and are still alive for postseason contention.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS (10-11, 8-6): New Paltz fell at SUNY Oswego 71-47 on Tuesday night at Max Zeil Gymnasium… The Hawks went 14-of-17 from the free-throw line (82.4 percent)… Junior forward/center
Alex Perlman scored five consecutive points in the last minute of the first half and finished with a total of 10 for the game… In the second half, the Hawks also went on a 6-0 run… Senior guard/forward
Taylor Sowah had 15 points and seven rebounds… Sowah is second in the SUNYAC in minutes played (35.2 mpg) and rebounds, averaging 9.3 rpg… Senior guard/forward R.J Rosa leads the SUNYAC in steals (3.5 spg)… Earlier this year, the Hawks defeated Geneseo and Brockport at home from Jan. 9-10… Rosa notched 19 points against the Golden Eagles… Five players finished in double figures against the Knights as sophomore guard
Eric Regenbogen scored a game-high 21 points off the bench.
STATISTICAL LEADERS:Points: Rosa (14.9 ppg), Sowah (13.7 ppg),
Kevin Roach (9.2 ppg)
Rebounds: Sowah (9.3 rpg), Roach (5.1 rpg),
Andrew Seniuk (4.0 rpg)
Assists: Sowah (3.1 apg), Regenbogen (2.5 apg), Rosa (2.5 apg)
Blocks:
Taylor Mulvey (0.9 bpg), Perlman (0.7), Seniuk (0.5 bpg)
Steals: Rosa (3.5 spg), Roach (1.5 spg), Sowah (1.5 spg)
TEAM STATISTICS: New Paltz is currently second in the SUNYAC in defensive rebounds (27.3 rpg) and also second in the SUNYAC in steals (10.62 spg)… The Hawks are third in the SUNYAC for three-point field goal percentage defense (30.2 percent).
SCOUTING THE KNIGHTS (12-8, 8-5): Geneseo picked up a conference victory against Buffalo State 78-72 on Tuesday, Feb. 10… Senior forward Gordon Lyons scored 33 points and had 15 rebounds for his 19th double-double of the season… Senior forward Andy Drescher also achieved a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds… Senior forward James McKenna added 13 points… Lyons leads Division III in rebounding (13.3 rpg)… Earlier this season against New Paltz, Drescher tallied a team-high 18 points behind six three-pointers… Lyons notched 14 points and nine boards… This has been the only game this season that Lyons hasn't recorded a double double.
STATISTICAL LEADERS:Points: Lyons (20.8 ppg), Drescher (15.2 ppg), McKenna (10.1 ppg)
Rebounds: Lyons (13.4 rpg), McKenna (4.7 rpg), Drescher (3.6 rpg)
Assists: McKenna (2.8 apg), Lyons (2.3 apg), Jack Eisenberg (2.2 apg)
Blocks: Devon Anderson (1.5 bpg), McKenna (1.4 bpg), Lyons (0.7 bpg)
Steals: McKenna (1.7 spg), Drescher (0.2 spg), Lyons (0.7 spg)
TEAM STATISTICS: The Knights are currently leading the SUNYAC in assists (15.25 apg), field goal percentage (46.2 percent), defensive rebounds (32.9 rpg), and rebounding margin (+4.5)… Geneseo is second in the SUNYAC in blocked shots (4.60 bpg) and assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.12)… Geneseo is third in the SUNYAC in three-point field goal percentage (34.6 percent) and free throw percentage (69.4 percent).
LAST MEETING: The Hawks defeated Geneseo 75-62 when these two teams last met on Jan. 10, 2015.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES (10-10, 7-6): The College at Brockport men's basketball team defeated SUNY Fredonia 82-79 on Tuesday night at Fredonia… The game was back and forth the entire way… With 1:29 left in the game, the score was knotted up… Two free throws from sophomore guard/forward Clifton Lyerly in the final minute helped to secure the victory for the Golden Eagles… Junior guard/forward Patrick Modzelewski had 23 points and went 4-4 from behind the line…. Lyerly had 18 points… Sophomore forward Levi Pace had five defensive rebounds... Brockport shot 57.7 percent in the first half and made 53.7 percent of their shots for the entire game… Three players finished in double figures in the earlier matchup this year, as Pace tallied a team-high 12 points… Modzelewski scored 10 points.
STATISTICAL LEADERSPoints: Modzelwski (15.3 ppg), Lyerly (11.6 ppg), Aaron White (8.6 ppg)
Rebounds: Pace (5.1 rpg), Modzelwski (4.7 rpg), Lyerly (3.8 rpg)
Assists: Matthew Smith (2.4 apg), Lyerly (2.1 apg), Mitch Cote (1.7 apg)
Blocks: Pace (1.8 bpg), Daniel Aiello (0.6 apg), Olusola Adeniran (1.4 apg)
Steals: Smith (1.5 spg), White (1.3 spg), Lyerly (1.4 spg)
TEAM STATISTICS: The Golden Eagles are currently ranked second in the SUNYAC in opponent free throw percentage (70.4 percent).
LAST MEETING: The Hawks defeated the Golden Eagles 57-55 the last time these two teams met on Jan. 9, 2015.
WHAT'S NEXT: New Paltz will host Buffalo State and Fredonia in their final regular season games on Feb. 20-21… The Knights will face Oneonta on Saturday, Feb. 14… The Golden Eagles will also face Oneonta on Friday Feb. 13.
