SUNY COBLESKILL MEN DROP 75-60 DECISION TO WELLS COLLEGE

Super Bowl Sunday was anything but super for the SUNY Cobleskill men's basketball team as the Fighting Tigers fell to visiting Wells College from Aurora, NY at the Iorio Gymnasium by a 75-60 score. The loss drops Cobleskill to 7-13 overall on the campaign while The Express improves to 14-6 on the season to date.

Leading 35-30 at the break, the Fighting Tigers struggled with turnovers committing 11 of their total of 20 in the second half. The Express also solved the Cobleskill defense in the second half hitting on 16-of-27 shots from the field, 59.3%, while connecting on 10-of-13 attempts, 76.9%, from the charity stripe during the stanza to seal the win.

The Wells trio of senior swingman Darrell Bullock, Chicago, IL, Olive Harvey Community College, with 29 points, four assists and three rebounds, senior center Juan Paulino, Bronx, NY, Finger Lakes Community College, with 17 points, 15 rebounds and three assists and sophomore guard Greg Jones, Alexandria, VA, West Potomack High School, with 17 points, five rebounds and two assists did the bulk of the damage for the visitors over the course of the afternoon.

Cobleskill was led in scoring by freshman guard Donovan Johnson, Troy, NY, Troy High School, who tallied 20 points on the afternoon to go with three rebounds while junior swingman Damon Franklin, Flint, MI, Mott Community College, contributing 12 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals for the Orange & Black. Junior center/forward Carl Thomas, Pomona, NY, Rockland Community College, also played well in defeat for the Fighting Tigers with 10 points and six rebounds.

The Fighting Tigers will return to action on Wednesday February 10^th when they travel to Utica, NY to meet the Wildcats of SUNYIT beginning at 7:00 PM. The Express will next take to the court on Wednesday February 10^th when they host the Mustangs of Morrisville State College beginning at 7:00 PM.

COBLESKILL MEN'S BASKETBALL DEFEATS KEUKA COLLEGE STORM 63-59

The Storm of Keuka College blew into SUNY Cobleskill's Iorio Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon looking to dampen the Fighting Tigers home record. In the two hours that followed the Storm and Fighting Tigers fought tooth and nail in a physical affair which would be more at home a football gridiron rather than basketball hardwood. When the final horn sounded it was the Fighting Tigers winning a bruising 63-59 decision over visitors from Keuka Park, NY to improve to 7-12 overall on the year. The loss drops the Storm to 6-11 overall on the campaign.

With Cobleskill Head Coach Matt Allen employing a liberal substitution philosophy against the visitors it was freshman guard Haneef Scott, Troy, NY, Lansingburgh High School, who scored seven of his 12 points and passed out two of his three assists late in the second half who silenced the Storm for good. Junior Damon Franklin, Flint, MI, Mott Community College, led the team in scoring with 14 points while taking down three assists and picking up three steals on the afternoon. The Fighting Tigers also received a strong first outing from freshman guard Donovan Johnson, Troy, NY, Troy High School, with 11 points and six rebounds and solid play from sophomore Andrei Lucas, Chula Vista, CA, The Bishop's School, with 10 points and three assists to secure the victory.

Keuka junior center Diamond Booker, Bronx, NY, Fredrick Douglas Academy, bulled his way to a game high 17 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots while freshman guard Teddy Tuggles, Rochester, NY, Gates-Chili High School, had 12 points and six rebounds for the visitors. The Storm also received an 11 point effort from senior guard Alex Coleman, Elmira, NY, Elmira Southside High School.

The Fighting Tigers will get little rest after their hard fought victory as they will host The Express of  Wells College in Aurora, NY on Sunday February 7^th beginning at 1:00 PM. The Storm will next travel to Utica, NY, to face the Hawks of SUNYIT with tip-off scheduled for 3:00 PM.   

COBLESKILL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL OUT BATTLES KEUKA STORM 55-52

The SUNY Cobleskill women's basketball team remained perfect at the Iorio Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon as the Fighting Tigers out battled the visiting Storm of Keuka College from Keuka Park, NY by a 55-52 margin. The win improved Cobleskill to 13-4 overall on the season, with a perfect 8-0 mark at home, while the loss drops Keuka to 11-6 overall on the season.

Leading 51-49 with 47 seconds remaining in regulation Cobleskill freshman point guard Alexis Hauser, Albany, NY, Albany High School, converted on a pair of free throws to give the Fighting Tigers a 53-49 advantage. The Cobleskill defense then held the Storm on successive defensive possessions with freshman forward/guard Tanayzha Augustine, Poughkeepsie, NY, Poughkeepsie High School, making two-of-four free throw chances to extend the Orange & Black's lead to  55-49. The Storm cut the deficit to 55-52 when junior guard Jessica Fink, New Oxford, PA, New Oxford High School, willed in a long three under intense defensive pressure. On the ensuing inbounds play the officials ruled that Cobleskill had touched a deflected ball going out of bounds and awarded possession to the Storm with 1.2 seconds remaining in the game. Off the inbounds Fighting Tiger freshman center/forward Kaitlin Myers, Dannemora, NY, Saranac High School, blocked and rebounded a Storm three-point attempt to secure the victory as time expired.

Sophomore guard Heidi Anderson, Canajoharie, NY, Canajoharie High School, led the home team in scoring with 17 points to go with four rebounds, four steals and four assists while Tanayzha Augustine joined Anderson in double figures with 11 points to go with five rebounds. Cobleskill also received strong all around efforts from Kaitlin Myers with eight points, a team high 11 rebounds and five blocked shots and from Alexis Hauser with six points, six assists and five rebounds.

Junior forward Nadia Madmoune, Rome, NY, Rome Free Academy, paced the Keuka attack throughout the contest leading all scorers with 17 points to go with game high 12 rebounds, three assists and three steals.

The Fighting Tigers will return to action on Monday February 8^th when they host the Cougars of Misericordia University with tip-off at 7:00 PM. Keuka will next travel to Utica, NY to face the Hawks of SUNYIT beginning at 1:00 PM.

COBLESKILL WOMEN USE BIG SECOND HALF TO DOWN MORRISVILLE 57-41

Trailing 29-28 at halftime the SUNY Cobleskill women's basketball team turned up the defensive heat in the second half to hold the host Mustangs of Morrisville State College, in Morrisville, NY, to only 12 points on their way to a 57-41 victory. With the win the Fighting Tigers improve to 12-4 overall on the campaign while the Mustangs drop to 3-18 on the year.

During their second half domination of the home squad the Fighting Tigers held Morrisville to only 6-of-35 from the field, 17.1%, including 0-for-8 from three-point range. For the game Cobleskill held their hosts to a meager 16-for-69 from the field, 23.2%, and 2-of-18, 11.1%, from three-point territory. The Orange & Black also held an impressive 64-35 advantage in rebounding for the contest to secure the victory.

Sophomore Chelcey C. Moore, Albany, NY, Albany High School, led Cobleskill posting her fifth double/double on the season with a team high of 17 points to go with 10 rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots on the evening while freshman guard/forward Tanayzha Augustine, Poughkeepsie, NY, Poughkeepsie High School, also posted her fifth double/double of the year with 12 points and 12 rebounds on the night. In the paint the Fighting Tigers received strong efforts from freshman forward Erin McLaughlin, Queensbury, NY, Queensbury High School, with nine points and 16 rebounds and freshman center/forward Kaitlin Myers, Dannemora, NY, Saranac High School, with nine points and eight rebounds to secure the road victory.

The Fighting Tigers will return to action on Saturday February 6^th when they host the Keuka College Storm beginning at 1:00 PM.