Seniors Mikey McElroy (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs) and Lawrence Coleman (Croton on the Hudson/Hendrick Hudson) posted 22 and 20 points respectively, but the SUNY Oneonta men's basketball team was upended at Oswego tonight 87-78.  The loss for the Red Dragons evened its overall record to 6-6 while falling to 3-2 in the SUNYAC.  McElroy scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half while Coleman scored 14 in the closing twenty minutes.
 
Oneonta trailed by as many as 14 points early in the second half after Oswego (8-3, 4-1 SUNYAC) broke open a close game with a 17-6 burst in the first five minutes to start the half.
 
The Red Dragons countered with a 15-5 spurt over the next five minutes capped by a three-pointer by McElroy and a layup by graduate student Frankie Kelly (Brewster/Kennedy Catholic) to cut the Lakers lead back to four points 62-58.  Kelly finished the game with 11 points and seven rebounds.
 
After Oswego built its lead back to double digits, the Red Dragons stormed right back and got as close as two points on a McElroy layup with 4:06 remaining.  A pair of free throws by Coleman two minutes later, got the Red Dragons to within a point at 78-77.  Unfortunately for Oneonta, this would be as close as they would get the rest of the way, as the Lakers' Brian Sortino made 6-of-6 free throws to complete nine unanswered points to end the game.
 
Oneonta shot 48 percent from the floor and made 18-of-25 free throws.  The Lakers held a 40-33 advantage off the glass while shooting an even 50 percent.  Oswego had four players in double figures led by Sortino and Keith Tyson who each scored 20 points.
 
Oneonta will be in action again tomorrow afternoon when they play its rival Red Dragons at Cortland beginning at 2pm.