CANTON, N.Y. - The Oneonta men's basketball team outscored Canton 40-29 in the second half to grab a 79-60 win over Canton in SUNYAC play on Tuesday afternoon. The Red Dragons win their sixth straight and move to 12-6 overall and 10-1 in the SUNYAC, while the Roos fall to 3-15 and 2-9 in the conference.

"Canton came out and jumped on us, and I thought our guys did a great job of responding and played tough the rest of the night," said head coach Cameron Conover. "I was proud of their effort. We will continue working to improve."

Canton used an 8-0 run early in the first to take a 10-2 lead before sophomore Nate Cohen (Somers, NY/Somers) sank a three-pointer at 15:27. Oneonta scored the following 14 points, with senior Delano Knox (Poughkeepsie, NY/Arlington) netting six points in that span.

Sophomore Pat Evans (Staten Island, NY/Xaverian) brought the Red Dragons' lead to double digits after knocking down a triple at 11:11. An and-one by Canton's Chris Nastasi cut the Oneonta lead to 25-18, but the Red Dragons answered with a 7-0 run to go ahead by 14 points.

The Roos chipped away at the lead and brought the score to 37-28 after a Jahdeuir Reese free throw at 3:04. Lateef Johnson scored the final three of the half to make it 39-31 at the break.

A quick two Canton baskets from Eugene Johnson, Jr. and Bryon Streb made it a four-point game to start the second half. Oneonta rattled off another run, with Evans hitting his third three-pointer of the game at 16:59 to push the Red Dragons back again by ten.

The Roos cut the lead to five, but a fourth Evans' triple at 11:03 made it 54-46. Oneonta used an 8-0 span to take a 16-point lead. Senior Cam LaClair (Selkirk, NY/Bethlehem) scored inside to bring the lead to 67-51 with 5:27 remaining, and the Red Dragons led by as much as 22 points to finish the game.

Evans led the team with 17 points off the bench and was 4-of-4 on three-pointers. He added seven rebounds and three assists. Knox had 12 points, four assists, four boards, and a steal. Sophomore Sam Booth (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) scored 12, while LaClair had a double-double with 11 points and ten rebounds. Cohen had 11 points.

Lateef led Canton with 17 points, nine rebounds, two steals, and one block. Reese had 17 points and six boards, while Johnson, Jr. grabbed eight rebounds.

Oneonta is back home to host Cortland on Friday, January 30, at 7:30 p.m.