By: Alfred Athletic Communications
PITTSFORD, NY – The Alfred University men's basketball team was at St. John Fisher College on Saturday afternoon for a matchup with the Empire 8 leading Cardinals. Sam Dagon reached 1,000 career points for the Saxons.
The conference struggles continued for the Saxons (9-11, 3-6 Empire 8 in the 106-101 loss on the road.
Alfred was in an early 15-4 hole after a couple of early triples from the Cardinals.
For a majority of the first half, St. John Fisher was able to maintain a double-digit lead but a layup with five seconds remaining in the half from
Darren Miller (Seneca Falls, NY / Mynderse) followed by a quick steal and a buzzer beating jumper made it a 50-41 game at halftime.
At the midway point of the first half, Dagon made a pair of free throws followed by a layup to score his 1000th career point as a Saxon. With that scoring accomplishment, Dagon has become the 22nd men's basketball player at Alfred to break the 1,000 point threshold.
With five more games remaining in the regular season, Dagon has the opportunity to continue to climb the all time scoring list at Alfred University, as there are multiple marks within reach.
After an early second half run for Alfred made the score 56-60, Fisher went on a 9-2 run of its own to make the score 65-52 with just under 15 minutes to play.
Alfred returned fire though and used a
Mike Schmidt (Olean, NY / Olean) three and a tough layup from Dagon to get back within six at the 12 minute mark.
The Cardinals had answers to every run that the Saxons had and quickly jumped out to their largest lead of the game at 17 points with under 10 minutes to play.
The Saxons continued to make their runs down the stretch and made it a game after a
Brewster Marshall (Horseheads, NY / Horseheads) three with 30 seconds made the score 103-97 in favor of St. John Fisher.
Although AU made them work for it, the Cardinals were able to make enough free throws down the stretch to pick up their second victory of the season over the Saxons.
Dagon was phenomenal once again with 26 points on a day that put him in the Alfred University record books for life. Marshall finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds on the day while
Cole Eells (Ithaca, NY / Ithaca) scored 22 points.
Schmidt finished with eight points, five boards and five assists. Alfred will be off until next Friday when they travel to Utica College at 5:30PM.