Hawks and Soaring Eagles Pull Off a Win

1/14/2014 9:05:00 PM

Hartwick 74, Stevens 68 (Box Score)
The Hartwick men's basketball team took a 12 point lead late in the second half but had to hold off a Stevens' comeback as the Hawks came out with a 74-68 win over the Ducks on Tuesday night at Canavan Arena. The win gives Hartwick a record of 8-6 overall and 4-1 in the Empire 8 while Stevens is now 8-5 and 3-2 in the E8.

The Hawks were up 62-50 with 5:33 left to play and were poised to cruise to the win. The Ducks, however, would not go down quietly as they mounted a furious comeback to trail 71-68 with 26 seconds left. Hartwick converted three free throws in the waning moments to stave off the threat and come away with the win.

Hartwick won despite making 23-of-59 (39%) of its field goals to tie a season-low. The Ducks put up 71 shots but only made 26 of them for a 36.6% conversion rate. The Hawks hit 9-of-27 (33.3%) three-pointers compared to 8-of-28 (28.6%) for Stevens.

Stevens led in the paint, 36-24. The Hawks controlled the glass 47-40 which led to a 19-8 advantage in second chance points.  FULL STORY 


Elmira 76, Houghton 61 (Box Score)
The Elmira College men's basketball team (5-7, 1-3 E8) scored 45 points in the first half to make way for a 76-61 victory over Houghton College (3-10). Josh Keys'14 and Neil Randolph '15 led the Soaring Eagles offensively with 21 points apiece.

Elmira lead 45-31 going into the locker rooms but the Highlanders cut EC's lead down to seven points five different times in the second period, the last was with just 5:36 left in the game. The Soaring Eagles would go on to record a 9-2 run that was sparked by a Derrick Vogel '14 jump shot. Houghton battled back with a 4-0 and trailed by 11 with 54 seconds left, but ran out of time as Elmira would claim their second win in three games. FULL STORY 


Scranton 67, Ithaca 51 (Box Score) 
The Ithaca College men's basketball team (4-10) lost a non-conference road contest to Scranton (11-3) Tuesday night, falling to the Royals by a score of 67-51 at the Long Center.

Senior Frank Mitchell paced the Bombers with 20 points and 11 rebounds to secure his sixth double-double of the season. Classmate Tom Sweeney chipped in 14 points, also contributing six rebounds and a block. Senior Chris Jordan led Ithaca with five assists.

Ithaca shot 34 percent from the floor, connecting on 18-of-53 shot attempts, including a mark of 3-for-14 from beyond the arc. The Bombers shot 70.6 percent from the free throw line, while Scranton connected on 19-of-24 shots from the charity stripe. The Royals hit 22-of-56 shots, shooting 39.3 percent from the floor.  FULL STORY