For the second time this season the SUNY Oneonta men's basketball team had to play an extra period with the Oswego State Lakers.  Unfortunately for the Red Dragons, the result was the same, as Oneonta fell to Oswego 83-79.
 
After the two teams finished regulation tied at 75, it was the Lakers who outscored the Red Dragons, 8-4, in the extra period to take the victory.
 
Oneonta (8-9, 5-5 SUNYAC) had four players in double figures led by sophomore Lawrence Coleman (Croton on Hudson/Hendrick Hudson) who scored a career high 24 points to go with eight boards.  Seniors Zach Mager (New City/Clarkstown South) and Frankie Kelly (Brewster/Kennedy Catholic) added 16 and 14 points respectively while junior Jack Dignan (Brewster/Brewster) scored 11 points.
 
Oswego (12-5, 8-2 SUNYAC) had four players reach double figures as well led by junior Kyle Covley and sophomore Brian Sortino who each had 16 points.  Juniors Elijah McLaurin and Mark Candelario came off the bench to add 11 points each.
 
It appeared that Oswego had control of the game leading 82-77 with 22 seconds left.  A Kelly layup brought Oneonta to with three points with 10 seconds remaining.
 
A turnover by Oswego gave Oneonta one final possession to tie the game, which ended up as a turnover with three seconds to go.  Walter Sampson made a final free throw for Oswego to ice the game.
 
Oneonta battled its way back from twelve points down with 7:16 remaining in the game.  A couple of 6-0 runs got Oneonta to within two points at 66-64 with 4:02 remaining. Dignan and classmate Jackson Zuvic (Cold Spring/Haldane) combined for 10 of the 12 points for the Red Dragons.
 
The Lakers maintained its lead down the stretch until Kelly grabbed an offensive rebound off his own missed shot and put it back to tie the game at 75.  Sortino fired a shot from half court, but it came up short to send the game to overtime.
 
Oswego jumped out to an early 7-2 lead in the first three minutes of the game before a three-pointer by Coleman cut the deficit to 7-5.  A layup by Mikey McElroy (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs) at the 15:36 mark tied the score at seven apiece.
 
The two teams took turns with the lead over the next minute before six unanswered points by Oneonta gave them a 16-11 lead with just under 14 minutes remaining in the first half. Mager capped the run with a jumper from just inside the foul line.
 
With the score deadlocked at 22-22, the Lakers closed the half on a 15-8 run to grab a 37-30 lead at the break.
 
Oneonta will travel to face New Paltz this Tuesday night.  The game is scheduled for a 5:30pm tipoff.
 
Newspaper Box Score
1/31/15 2:00 pm at Oneonta, NY
OSWEGO STATE 83, SUNY ONEONTA 79
 
OSWEGO STATE (12-5, 8-2 SUNYAC)
Kyle Covley 6-10 1-4 16; Brian Sortino 4-17 8-8 16; Alex Rawa 4-7 0-0 11; Mark Candelario 4-7 3-5 11; Ian Schupp 3-5 0-0 7; Walter Sampson 1-4 5-6 7; Rashawn Powell 3-5 0-0 7; Dustin Pond 1-4 0-0 3; Elijah McLaurin 1-3 1-2 3; Keith Tyson 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 28-64 18-25 83.
 
SUNY ONEONTA (8-9, 5-5 SUNYAC)
COLEMAN, Lawrence 8-11 5-7 24; MAGER, Zach 6-13 3-3 16; KELLY, Frankie 7-12 0-1 14; DIGNAN, Jack 3-6 3-3 11; ZUVIC, Jackson 4-10 0-0 8; MCELROY, Mikey 1-8 2-2 4; WILLIAMS, Kareem 1-5 0-1 2; FORD, Jeremiah 0-1 0-0 0; THOMSEN, Seth 0-0 0-0 0; MASSARONI, Grant 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-66 13-17 79.
 
3-point goals--Oswego State 9-21 (Kyle Covley 3-5; Alex Rawa 3-6; Ian Schupp 1-3; Dustin Pond 1-2; Rashawn Powell 1-1; Keith Tyson 0-1; Elijah McLaurin 0-1; Walter Sampson 0-1; Brian Sortino 0-1), SUNY Oneonta 6-20 (COLEMAN, Lawrence 3-3; DIGNAN, Jack 2-4; MAGER, Zach 1-4; MCELROY, Mikey 0-2; FORD, Jeremiah 0-1; ZUVIC, Jackson 0-4; KELLY, Frankie 0-2).
Fouled out—Oswego State-None, SUNY Oneonta-None.
Rebounds--Oswego State 43 (Mark Candelario 15), SUNY Oneonta 37 (KELLY, Frankie 8; MCELROY, Mikey 8; COLEMAN, Lawrence 8).
Assists--Oswego State 10 (Walter Sampson 2; Brian Sortino 2; Kyle Covley 2), SUNY Oneonta 17 (KELLY, Frankie 6).
Total fouls--Oswego State 15, SUNY Oneonta 21.
Technical fouls--Oswego State-None, SUNY Oneonta-None.
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