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the Racquette
Feb. 5, 2016
Bears Rally Falls Short at Fredonia, 3-2
Big second quarter lifts Bengals over Bears
Dan Bronson
a three-goal game. Potsdam earned its second man advantage at 15:50 SUNY Fredonia (6and Vander Esch got the 10-3, 3-7-2 SUNYAC) on the board at jumped out to a 3-0 lead Bears 17:06. Senior forward and held off the SUNY Billy Pascalli (Deer Potsdam men’s hockey Park, N.Y./New York team (10-7-3, 6-4-1) for Bobcats) and junior a 3-2 victory on Saturdefenseman Jake Butler day night. Sophomore (Atlanta, Ga./Smith Falls forward Dylan Vander Bears) each assisted on Esch (San Jose, Calif./ the goal. Potsdam trailed Hartford Wolfpack) after 40 minutes. and senior captain Todd 3-1The Bears dominated Thomas (Davidsville, the third pinning Pa./Hartford Wolfpack) the Blue period, Devils in their each scored for the zone for much of the Bears. stanza and outshooting The first period was them 17-8. However, evenly played until a they’d only solve Fredopower play tipped the nia goalie Eric Bogart scales in the Blue Devonce more. At the 13:34 ils’ favor. Potsdam was Thomas buried whistled for an interfer- mark, a feed from freshman ence call at 5:02 and forward Mike Sweeney 38 seconds later Fredo- (Pittsburgh, Pa./PAL Isnia capitalized. Bobby landers) to close the gap Polachek gave the Blue to 3-2. Potsdam pulled Devils the 1-0 lead with freshman goalie Trever a goal on the man ad(Middletown, vantage. The Bears went Ralph N.J./New Jersey Titans) on the power play three with 29 seconds left, but minutes later, but were couldn’t fi nd the equalunable to tie the score. izer. Potsdam then killed off Ralph finished with 24 a second power play in saves his second colthe opening 20 minutes legiateinstart and Bogart and entered the first instopped 34 shots for the termission down one. win. The Bears outshot Midway through the 36-27 and both second period, Fredonia Fredonia teams were 1-for-3 on struck twice in a 2:05 the power play. span. At 11:30, Luke Rivera made it a 2-0 contest. Hunter Long scored at 13:35 to make
Dan Bronson
and take a commanding 35-16 lead into the locker room. Buffalo State (7-12, Freshman forward 3-9 SUNYAC) used Victoria Shopovick a second quarter run (White Plains, N.Y./Mato pull away from the ria Regina) got the Bears SUNY Potsdam womoffense going in the third en's basketball team quarter with a free throw. (1-17, 0-11) for a 70-40 Freshman guard Abbey win on Saturday. Junior Smith (Bainbridge, N.Y./ guard Meghan Driscoll Bainbridge-Guilford) (Troy, N.Y./Troy) led with a layup the Bears with 10 points followed and Driscoll a three as and senior forward Katie Potsdam splithit the first 12 LaVoie (Malone, N.Y./ points of the quarter with Franklin Academy) Buffalo State to make scored nine. Jordan Yas- it a 41-22 contest. The tremski led the Bengals then scored the with 17 points and eight Bengals next seven points before rebounds and Keyonte LaVoie ended the streak Edwards posted 16 with a layup. Junior points and 18 boards. guard Abbey LaPage As in the teams' first (North Bangor, N.Y./ meeting three weeks Franklin Academy) hit a ago, the opening quarfor the Bears ter was a back and forth 3-pointer fi nal points of the quarter. battle. The Bengals Grace Licata answered built leads of five and with a three and Buffalo six points, but the Bears State was up 53-27 after were able to answer. 30 minutes. Freshman guard Secret The Bengals outClark (Bronx, N.Y./NYC scored Potsdam 17-13 Charter for A.E.C.I.) in the fourth quarter scored seven points for to close out the 70-40 Potsdam to go with a victory. LaPage hit her bucket from LaVoie second 3-pointer of the and a 3-pointer from contest and junior guard Driscoll. Buffalo State Sidney Thompson (Akled 17-12 after 10 minwesasne, N.Y./Massena) utes. hit the first of her career. A Driscoll free throw Driscoll chipped in three and a LaVoie three got more points and LaVoie the Bears to within 18and sophomore forward 16 2:13 into the second Emily Drake (Athens, quarter. However, the Bengals countered with a N.Y./Coxsackie-Athens) hit field goals in the 17-0 run to close the half also quarter.
Contributing Writer
Contributing Writer
Buffalo State runs past Potsdam Dan Broson
Contributing Writer
Strong scoring from Buffalo State (12-7, 6-6 SUNYAC) led the Bengals over the SUNY Potsdam men's basketball team (1-17, 1-10 SUNYAC) Saturday evening with a score of 105-61. Freshman guard Nosa Onabor (Brooklyn, N.Y./Northside Charter) finished with 17 points to lead the Bears, while Lovell Smith was 12-14
from the floor with 26 points. Smith opened the scoring of the contest with a layup. Then the teams traded baskets over the next five minutes of play. Onabor hit from behind the arch twice to tie the game at 14 apiece then the Bengals' offense exploded. Buffalo State cruised on the offensive end
through the rest of the first half and took the 54-27 lead into halftime. The Bengals opened the second with a 19-5 run that carried over the first seven minutes of the half. Play started to even out after a made free throw from freshman forward Nate Wyatt (Brooklyn, N.Y./Grand Street Campus) at 12:53. The Bears kept up with
Buffalo State, but the first half deficit was too much to overcome. With 2:57 to go, Potsdam went on an 8-1 run to close out the game and the Bengals took the 105-67 win. Buffalo State Edged Potsdam 48-35 On the Boards. Senior guard Mitch Lamerson (Dansville, N.Y./Dansville) tallied
11 points and freshman forward Serigne Kane (Brooklyn, N.Y./Brooklyn Prep) had nine points and eight rebounds. Dominic Grayer and Akeem Williams each finished with 12 points and Kevin Marmolejos added another 11. Mike Henry grabbed a gamehigh 11 boards for the Bengals.