NEW PALTZ, N.Y. -The State University of New York at New Paltz men's basketball team looks to continue their momentum after a 2-0 weekend, playing at SUNY Oswego onTuesday,Feb 10. at 5:30 p.m. in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) action.
RECORDS: The Hawks are 10-10, 8-5 SUNYAC and 3-5 away... The Lakers are 13-7, 9-4 SUNYAC and 6-3 at home.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS (10-10, 8-5):New Paltz is tied for fourth place in the SUNYAC with Cortland... This past weekend, the Hawks defeated Potsdam onFridayin a comfortable 64-42 win ... The Hawks overpowered Potsdam from the first minutes of the game with a 9-0 run...The Hawks kept a lead the entire game, credited to their 42.6 field goal percentage and 23 points scored off of 22 forced Potsdam turnovers... Eleven different Hawks scored in this matchup led by senior guard/forward
R.J. Rosa's team-high 14 points, five steals, five assists, and three rebounds... Senior guard/forward
Taylor Sowah and sophomore forward
Andrew Seniuk both recorded double figures with 13 and 11 points, respectively...OnSaturday, New Paltz conquered Plattsburgh, who was tied for first in the league standings in a hard fought 69-55 win...The Hawks came out strong led by Rosa who registered 17 points and tied the program record with eight steals in a single game... New Paltz kept Plattsburgh to a season-low field goal percentage of 30.0 percent...The Hawks forced 20 turnovers and converted 22 points off of them...New Paltz shot 44.4 percent from the field, 83.3 percent from the foul line, and slightly edged the Cardinals 40-38 in rebounds...Sowah added his ninth double-double of the year with 13 points and 10 rebounds...Seniuk scored 12 points...Junior forward/center
Alex Perlman was a huge spark off the bench with 11 points off 4-of-4 shooting from the field and 2-of-2 shooting from the line... When the Hawks defeated Oswego earlier this year, Rosa scored 21 points while junior forward
Kevin Roach knocked in 14 points.
STATISTICAL LEADERS Points: Rosa (15.6 ppg), Sowah (13.6 ppg), Roach (9.4 ppg)
Rebounds: Sowah (9.4rpg), Roach (5.2 rpg), Seniuk (4.1 rpg), Rosa (4.1rpg)
Assists: Sowah (3.2 apg),
Eric Regenbogen(2.6 apg), Rosa (2.6 apg) Blocks:
Taylor Mulvey(0.9 bpg), Perlman (0.8 bpg), Seniuk (0. 5bpg) Steals: Rosa (3.7 spg), Roach (1.6 spg), Sowah (1.6 spg)
TEAM STATISTICS:New Paltz is first in the SUNYAC in field goal percentage defense (37.5 percent)... New Paltz is second in the league in defensive rebounds per game (27.5 rpg) and steals per game (10.95 spg)...The Hawks rank third in three-point field goal percentage defense (29.9 percent).
SCOUTING THE LAKERS (13-7, 9-4):Oswego is tied in first place with Plattsburgh in the SUNYAC... OnFriday,Oswego defeated Fredonia 65-53 on the road...The Lakers went on a 12-0 run early, which proved to be the deciding factor as Fredonia fought from behind a majority of the game...Oswego's 12-point win was led by sophomore guard Brian Sortino with a season-best 29 points going 11-of-17 (64.7 percent) from the floor...Junior guard Kyle Covley recorded a team-high three steals and 10 points...The Lakers crushed the Blue Devils on the glass, outrebounding them 47-36...Junior center Mark Candelario snatched 11 of the 47 rebounds. OnSaturday, Oswego dropped a close matchup to Buffalo State 80-76...The game seemed promising for the Lakers when they started the game ahead by eight points...Oswego lost the lead for half of the first period and came out in the second period with another run to put themselves up by seven...The Bengals clawed their way back and took the lead and in the remaining minutes the game was tied at 76, but Buffalo State held on and earned the win...Sortino led the Lakers once again with 22 points, four rebounds, and three assists... Junior guard Walter Sampson scored 18 points and senior forward Rashawn Powell scored 11 points and had seven rebounds...Oswego shot well with a 41.4 field goal percentage, but could not hang on to win... In the Lakers' overtime loss at New Paltz on Jan. 30, Covley scored a game-high 24 points and Powell registered a double double with 10 points and 14 boards.
STATISTICAL LEADERS:Points: Sortino (15.4 ppg), Covley (10.1 ppg), Powell (9.5 ppg)
Rebounds: Powell (8.3 rpg), Candelario (5.3 rpg), Alex Rawa (3.8 rpg)
Assists: Sortino (3.2 apg), Sampson (2.5 apg), Covley (1.6 apg)
Blocks: Candelario (1.3 bpg), Covley (1.1 bpg), Powell (0.8 bpg)
Steals: Sortino (1.6 spg), Powell (1.4 spg), Covley (1.4 spg)
TEAM STATISTICS:Oswego is second in the SUNYAC in scoring defense (65.1 ppg)... Oswego is second in the league in scoring margin ( 6.5)...The Lakers are third in field goal percentage (43.7 percent) and field goal percentage defense (40.2 percent)...Oswego is first in three-point field goal percentage defense (29.3 percent) and second in three-point field goal percentage (34.9 percent)...Oswego ranks first in assist-to-turnover ratio ( 1.17) and third in turnover margin ( 2.95).
LAST MEETING:The Hawks defeated Oswego in overtime, 80-71, when these two teams last played on Jan. 30, 2015.
WHAT'S NEXT: The Hawks will be traveling to Geneseo onFriday, Feb. 13at 5:30 p.m and Brockport onSaturday, Feb. 14at 2 p.m... The Lakers host Potsdam onFriday, Feb. 13at 5:30 p.m and Plattsburgh onSaturdayFeb. 14at 2 p.m.
