Men’s Basketball (5-5/2-1 SUNYAC)
Jan. 7th vs. Oswego, W 75-69 OT
Junior
Zach Mager (New City/Clarkstown South) buried a three-pointer while also shutting the door on Oswego, as the SUNY Oneonta men's basketball team defeated the Lakers 75-69 in overtime last Tuesday evening in SUNYAC action. Mager paced Oneonta with 22 points in the contest including nine points in overtime.
The two teams went through regulation knotted at 63 apiece after Mager sank 1-of-2 free throws with 36 seconds remaining in regulation. Neither team could convert on its final chances, which forced the extra period.
Trailing 67-65 after a pair of free throws, Mager tied the score with two free throws before hitting the pair to give Oneonta a 69-67 lead with 2:53 remaining in overtime.
Down the stretch in regulation, Oneonta held a 60-56 advantage before the Lakers fought its way back to tie the score at 62 apiece on a basket with 1:31 to go.
Oneonta finished with four players in double figures tonight led by Mager. Sophomore
Jackson Zuvic (Cold Spring/Haldane) had 15 points off the bench while senior
Dan Lee (Ballston Lake/Shenendehowa) and freshman
Mikey McElroy (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs) each added 10 points.
Women’s Basketball (8-2/2-1 SUNYAC)
Jan. 7th vs. Oswego, W 66-62
Senior
Alyshia Crawford (Oxford/Oxford) came up big down the stretch, as she lifted the SUNY Oneonta women's basketball team to a 66-62 victory against Oswego in SUNYAC action last Tuesday night .
Crawford drained a three-pointer out of a timeout with 1:25 remaining in the contest and then scored a breakaway layup with 12 seconds to go off a steal by classmate
Grace Schilling (Northport/Northport). Crawford finished the game with a game high 23 points including four baskets from long range.
The two squads battled closely all game long. The largest lead for either team was six points, and that was by Oneonta at 37-31 early in the second half. Oswego's largest lead was four points on two occasions in the second half, the last one being 51-47 with 8:51 remaining in the game.
Crawford hit a three-pointer at the 3:26 mark to give the Red Dragons a 58-56 lead. Oswego came right back with a layup to tie the score for a 15th time.
Schilling scored on a driving layup to put Oneonta ahead 60-58 before a Laker buried a three-pointer to give the Lakers the lead back at 61-60 with 1:59 left to go.
A free throw by Schilling and one by Oswego kept the Lakers up by one with 1:33 to go, which set the stage for Crawford on the ensuing possession out of a timeout by the Red Dragons.
Schilling finished with 12 points as did junior
Sarah Longto (Kingston/Kingston).
Wrestling (2-6)
Jan. 8th at Scranton, W 42-3
The SUNY Oneonta wrestling team opened 2014 last Wednesday night with a dominating performance at Scranton. Oneonta walloped the Royals by the score of 42-3. The Red Dragons won nine of 10 bouts including two by pinfall.
Oneonta's two pins came at 133 lbs. and 157 lbs. by freshman
John Hodes (Stone Ridge) and sophomore
Sam Rachman (Huntington/John Glenn) respectively. Hodes made quick work of Thomas Porres, pinning him in 30 seconds, while Rachman pinned Rob Leavy less than one minute into the second period at 3:53.
Other winners for Oneonta were recorded freshman
Dominic DeGraba (Dallas, PA/Dallas) (125), sophomore
Shaun Gillen (Bohemia/Connetquot) (165), senior Daniel Graff (174), sophomore
Anthony Marino (Nesconset/Sachem North) (184), senior
Chad Obzud (Cohoes/Lansingburgh) (197) and junior
Stephen Provenzano (Islip/Islip) (285).
