Road Teams Claim Conference Wins

Road Teams Claim Conference Wins

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Friday night featured four conference games which resulted in victories for all four road teams as Hartwick, Stevens and Alfred each remained unbeaten in conference play.

Hartwick 84, St. John Fisher 82 (Box Score)
n a game that featured 11 ties and 15 lead changes, it was Hartwick that came out with the advantage in the end as the Hawks outlasted St. John Fisher 84-82 at Bobby Wanzer Court on Friday night. Hartwick has won three straight conference games to improve its record to 7-5 overall and 3-0 in the E8. The Cardinals fall to 7-5 and 1-1 in the E8.

Hartwick held a four point lead, 83-79, with 17 seconds left to play in the contest after Jared Suderley sank two free throws. Fisher's Adam Ambielli then hit a three-point shot with 8 seconds left to make it a one-point contest. A foul by Tyler Hart on Matt Petruccione sent him to the foul line where he hit one of two attempts. With time winding down, Suderley fouled Keegan Ryan sending him to the charity stripe. Ryan missed the first shot and on the second attempt, the Cardinals were called for a lane violation and turned the ball over to Hartwick as the Hawks came away with the win.  FULL STORY 


Elmira 53, Utica 49 (Box Score)
It took until the final seconds of regulation to be decided, but a pair of technical free throws with one second remaining gave the Elmira College men's basketball team (4-6, 1-2 E8) their first Empire 8 Conference win of the season, a 53-49 victory over Utica College (5-7, 0-3 E8). An inadvertent timeout by the Utica bench set up the final free throws which all but put the game out of reach. 

The Pioneers split a pair of free throws to go ahead 47-46, but Derrick Vogel answered with a clutch shot from behind the arc to give the Soaring Eagles a two point lead with 1:07 to play. Neil Randolph stretched the lead to four with 18 seconds to play, but a quick layup four seconds later from Utica's Aaron Nevins made it a two point game again.

From that point on, the clock was EC's ally as Utica needed to foul three times to put Elmira in the bonus. The Pioneers finally picked up their seventh team foul with four seconds to play, putting Vogel on the line for a one-and-one. After the senior missed the front end, Utica called a timeout to set up a final play. The Pioneer guard dribbled the ball down the court but got into trouble with just over a second on the clock and the Utica bench called a timeout, a timeout that they did not have. Since the Pioneers were out of timeouts, a technical foul was called and Randolph hit the two technical free throws to put the game out of reach. The final horn sounded, giving the Soaring Eagles a 53-49 victory.  FULL STORY 


Stevens 98, Nazareth 88 (OT) (Box Score)
Stevens Institute of Technology earned a thrilling 96-88 overtime win at Nazareth College Friday night in an Empire 8 men's basketball game in Rochester, N.Y.
 
After Naz (7-5, 1-2 Empire 8) missed both its free throws with four seconds remaining in regulation, senior guard Andrew Meszaros took it the length of the floor and pulled up at the top of the key to bury a game-tying jumper as time expired to send the game into overtime tied at 78-all.
 
That play highlighted a marvelous performance for the senior as he finished with 22 points, 12 rebounds and two assists to lead the Ducks in the win. The veteran shot 7-for-13 from the field and hit three three-pointers. Sophomore guard Evan Klimchak was also enormous for Stevens (8-3, 3-0 Empire 8), pouring in 25 points (9-for-15), four rebounds and three assists.

Stevens – winners of six in a row – shot 49.3 percent (33-for-67) for the game, hit 7-of-17 three-pointers, and sunk 23-of-36 at the line. The Ducks had 15 assists and 14 turnovers as well as nine steals.
 
Naz shot 45.3 percent from the floor and went 9-for-22 from deep. The Golden Flyers were 21-for-35 from the line and had 14 assists (14 turnovers).  FULL STORY 


Alfred 94, Ithaca 67 (Box Score) 
The Alfred University men's basketball team improved to 2-0 in Empire 8 play, and 9-2 on the season, with a 94-67 win over Ithaca College, Friday evening on the road.

The Saxons built a seven-point lead, four minutes into the game after freshman guard Dylan Molloy drained a 3-pointer. AU did not trail the entire first half and headed into halftime on top, 47-36.

Alfred established a comfortable lead throughout the second half, and forced the Bombers into 21 turnovers, which accounted for 30 of their points. For the game, AU shot 32-for-71 (45 percent) from the field and 22-for-27 (82 percent) from the free-throw line. 

Senior guard Thomas Tsatsis and senior forward Steve Lothridge led the Saxons' offense with 17 and 13 points, and pulled down 12 rebounds each. Molloy finished with nine points, and converted three-for-three beyond the arc for a 100 percent shooting percentage. Junior guard Tim Pacheco added 10 points and four steals as well.