Sophomore Zach Mager (New City/Clarkstown South) led three SUNY Oneonta players in double figures tonight with 22 points as the Red Dragons knocked off Oswego at home 67-57.  The win for Oneonta was its first in SUNYAC play while also snapping a nine-game skid.  The loss for the Lakers dropped them to 9-2 overall.

Mager had an even game with 11 points in the first half and 11 in the second half.  He hit eight of 10 shots from the floor and was a perfect 4-of-4 from the line.

A jumper by sophomore Frankie Kelly (Brewster/Kennedy Catholic) at 16:47 of the second half put Oneonta ahead to stay at 34-32.  Kelly finished the game with 13 points and a team high eight rebounds.

Oneonta's largest lead came when Kelly hit a pair of free throws to make the score 56-45.  Oswego made one last run and got as close as four points on two occasions in the final two minutes, but a three-pointer by Mager put the game out of reach.

Freshman Jackson Zuvic (Cold Spring/Haldane) added 10 points for Oneonta.

The Lakers had a pair in double figures led by Chris Gilkes, who scored a game high 23 points to go with a team high eight boards.

Oneonta trailed for most of the opening half and was still behind 21-16 with 6:44 to go before putting together a closing run to take a 28-24 lead at halftime.  The Red Dragons hit its only two three-point shots of the first half in the closing run.  Sophomore Frankie Kelly (Brewster/Kennedy Catholic) scored the final basket of the half on a nice move inside with three seconds left.

Oneonta will be home again this Saturday when they host New Paltz beginning at 4pm.

Newspaper Box Score
SUNY ONEONTA 67, OSWEGO 57

OSWEGO (9-2/2-2 SUNYAC)
GILKES, Chris 9-14 4-7 23; WARD, Hayden 8-15 2-4 19; McLAURIN, Elijiah 4-10 1-2 9; MICHELE, Sean 1-5 2-2 5; ROSS, Daniel 0-4 1-2 1; RAWA, Alex 0-4 0-0 0; POWELL, Rashawn 0-1 0-0 0; NOLLET, Brenden 0-1 0-0 0; HAIGHT, Justin 0-0 0-0 0; SAMPSON, Walter 0-0 0-0 0; MIRABITO, Alex 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 22-56 10-17 57.

SUNY ONEONTA (2-9/1-4)
MAGER, Zach 8-10 4-4 22; KELLY, Frankie 4-10 5-5 13; ZUVIC, Jackson 5-9 0-0 10; LEE, Dan 2-7 2-3 7; SARCHIOTO, Nick 3-5 0-0 6; DIGNAN, Jack 2-6 0-0 5; PARKER, Terrence 2-2 0-0 4; WILLIAMS, Kareem 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-49 11-12 67.

3-point goals--Oswego 3-15 (MICHELE, Sean 1-3; WARD, Hayden 1-4; GILKES, Chris 1-4; RAWA, Alex 0-2; MIRABITO, Alex 0-1; McLAURIN, Elijiah 0-1), SUNY Oneonta 4-15 (MAGER, Zach 2-3; LEE, Dan 1-5; DIGNAN, Jack 1-3; ZUVIC, Jackson 0-2; KELLY, Frankie 0-2).
Fouled out--Oswego-None, SUNY Oneonta-None.
Rebounds--Oswego 32 (GILKES, Chris 8), SUNY Oneonta 29 (KELLY, Frankie 8).
Assists--Oswego 3 (ROSS, Daniel 1; McLAURIN, Elijiah 1; MICHELE, Sean 1), SUNY Oneonta 10 (DIGNAN, Jack 3).
Total fouls--Oswego 15, SUNY Oneonta 15.
Technical fouls--Oswego-None, SUNY Oneonta-None.
A-208