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82
SUNY Oneonta ONEMBB 10-8/7-4 SUNYAC
87
Winner Plattsburgh State PSMB1617 9-9/5-7 SUNYAC
SUNY Oneonta ONEMBB
10-8/7-4 SUNYAC
82
Final
87
Plattsburgh State PSMB1617
9-9/5-7 SUNYAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
SUNY Oneonta ONEMBB 42 40 82
Plattsburgh State PSMB1617 40 47 87

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's basketball falls at Plattsburgh 87-82

The SUNY Oneonta men's basketball team nearly overcame a seven-point deficit in the final 49 seconds, but host Plattsburgh converted its final four free throws to secure an 87-82 victory in SUNYAC action tonight.  The loss for the Red Dragons dropped them to 10-8 overall and 7-4 in the conference while Plattsburgh moves to 9-9 overall and 5-7 in the SUNYAC.
 
Four players scored in double figures tonight for Oneonta led by senior Mikey McElroy (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs)'s 22 points.  Graduate student Frankie Kelly (Brewster/Kennedy Catholic) recorded his first double-double of the season with 20 points and 10 assists.  Senior Lawrence Coleman (Croton on the Hudson/Hendrick Hudson) added 19 points while freshman Kevin Mackin (Nanuet/Nanuet) came off the bench to score 10 points.  Both McElroy and Kelly scored 14 points each in the second half.
 
The biggest difference in tonight's contest was on the offensive glass where Plattsburgh turned 18 offensive rebounds in 26 second-chance points.  The Cardinals held a 42-31 rebounding advantage overall.
 
Oneonta shot 52 percent in the first half and scrapped out a 42-40 lead heading into intermission.  Coleman led all scorers with 11 points.
 
With the scored tied at 51 apiece at the 16:38 mark of the second half, the Cardinals put together a quick 9-2 run to grab a 60-53 lead just over one minute later.
 
Oneonta countered with eight unanswered capped by a Kelly layup at 12:37 to give them the lead back.  Kelly buried a three-pointer with just under 10 minutes remaining to tie the score for the last time at 64 apiece.
 
Plattsburgh took the lead for good with an 11-3 run over the next three minutes to open its largest lead of the game with exactly six minutes left in the game.
 
A layup by Kelly with 13 seconds to go brought Oneonta to within one at 83-82.  The Red Dragons had one final possession in the game, which was a missed three by Kelly with five seconds left on the clock.
 
Oneonta will conclude its weekend tomorrow afternoon with a game at SUNY Potsdam beginning at 2pm.
 
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