The visiting Brockport Golden Eagles led from wire-to-wire en route to a 67-56 victory against host SUNY Oneonta in men's basketball action today. Oneonta (5-7, 2-3 SUNYAC) did rally in the second half, but Brockport (5-5, 2-1 SUNYAC) outscored the Red Dragons, 27-7, from the free throw line.
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The Golden Eagles led 48-30 with just under 12 minutes left in the game before Oneonta began to make a run to cut into the deficit. A 14-4 spurt over a seven-minute stretch cut the deficit to single digits at 52-44. Freshman
Eulogio Medina (Washington Heights/Wheels Academy) led the Red Dragons with six points during the run. The two teams played even over the final five minutes of the game.
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Oneonta had three players reach double figures in the contest led by junior
Mikey McElroy (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs)'s 13 points. Senior
Zach Mager (New City/Clarkstown South) collected 12 points while junior
Jack Dignan (Brewster/Brewster) added 11 points.
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Freshman Hamed Shamseldin led Brockport with 17 points and nine boards. Sophomore Aaron White added 15 points.
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Brockport started early in today's game, as they scored the opening seven points before the Red Dragons got on the scoreboard. The Golden Eagles blew the game wide open with a 20-4 run that gave them a 27-8 advantage with 8:13 to go. White led the Golden Eagles in the opening half with eight points.
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Oneonta is off until this Thursday when they will host New Paltz beginning at 4pm.
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Newspaper Box ScoreBrockport vs SUNY OneontaÂ
BROCKPORT 67, SUNY ONEONTA 56
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BROCKPORT (5-5, 2-1 SUNYAC)
SHAMSELDIN, Hamed 4-11 9-12 17; WHITE, Aaron 3-6 7-9 15; CARNEGIE, Jon 3-5 0-0 8; MODZELEWSKI, Patrick 1-9 5-6 7; COTE, Mitch 2-4 2-2 6; TORRES, Cordell 2-2 1-2 5; PACE, Levi 1-4 3-4 5; SMITH, Matthew 2-4 0-0 4; AIELLO, Daniel 0-1 0-0 0; GALLAGHER, Mike 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 18-48 27-35 67.
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SUNY ONEONTA (5-7, 2-3 SUNYAC)
MCELROY, Mikey 4-9 5-10 13; MAGER, Zach 4-10 2-2 12; DIGNAN, Jack 4-7 0-0 11; MEDINA, Eulogio 2-3 2-4 6; COLEMAN, Lawrence 2-2 0-0 4; KELLY, Frankie 2-8 0-0 4; WILLIAMS, Kareem 1-2 0-0 2; MASSARONI, Grant 1-3 0-0 2; FORD, Jeremiah 1-2 0-0 2; KOLOSKY, Jack 0-1 0-0 0; THOMSEN, Seth 0-2 0-2 0; ZUVIC, Jackson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-50 9-18 56.
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3-point goals--Brockport 4-12 (WHITE, Aaron 2-2; CARNEGIE, Jon 2-4; COTE, Mitch 0-1; MODZELEWSKI, Patrick 0-3; SHAMSELDIN, Hamed 0-2), SUNY Oneonta 5-15 (DIGNAN, Jack 3-5; MAGER, Zach 2-5; KELLY, Frankie 0-1; MASSARONI, Grant 0-1; THOMSEN, Seth 0-1; MCELROY, Mikey 0-2).
Fouled out--Brockport-PACE, Levi, SUNY Oneonta-None.
Rebounds--Brockport 36 (SHAMSELDIN, Hamed 9), SUNY Oneonta 32 (MCELROY, Mikey 7).
Assists--Brockport 3 (CARNEGIE, Jon 1; COTE, Mitch 1; SMITH, Matthew 1),
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SUNY Oneonta 12 (KELLY, Frankie 5).
Total fouls--Brockport 18, SUNY Oneonta 24.
Technical fouls--Brockport-None, SUNY Oneonta-None.