Albany, NY – The SUNY Canton men's basketball team played a strong game on the road but fell on a banked in three-point shot at the buzzer, 94-93, to host Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in double overtime Saturday evening. The win improves the Panthers to 4-4, while the Roos fall to 0-7.
 
Sam Annorh (Queens, NY) paced the Roos with 27 points and nine assists, while Khalil Bratton (Queens, NY) tallied a double-double on 18 points and 10 rebounds. Khalid Vaughn (New York, NY) finished with 16 points, nine rebounds and six steals and Scott Bartenstein (Potsdam, NY) added 15 in the scoring column.
 
Casey Redfern finished with game-highs of 35 points and 13 rebounds including the game-winning shot. John Tremblay and Ryan McVaigh each pumped in 17 points apiece for Albany, while McVaigh also had 12 rebounds.
 
SUNY Canton scored the games first four points and held a six-point lead with 1:07 left in the first half, the largest lead for either team in the opening 20 minutes. The Panthers closed the half on a 5-0 run as the Roos led 35-34 at intermission.
 
The Roos opened up a nine-point lead at 60-51 with 11:40 left in regulation. The game saw four ties in the final five minutes of regulation and Albany led by three with just 20 seconds remaining. Bratton came up huge hitting a trey with just 13 seconds left as the SUNY Canton defense held, sending the game to overtime.
 
SUNY Canton took control as Annorh scored the first eight points of the first extra period on a lay-in and two long balls to give the Roos an 86-78 lead. The visitors led 87-79 but it was the hosts who closed the first overtime on a 9-1 run over the final 2:14. Redfern hit a jumper with just four seconds left to send the contest into a second overtime.
 
The Roos led the entire second overtime until Redfern's winner as time expired. SUNY Canton held a 27-10 edge in bench points and 16-10 advantage in fast break points, while outscoring the Panthers 42-34 in the paint.
 
The men's basketball team has almost a month off and will travel crosstown on January 4th to take on St. Lawrence University at 1:00 p.m. Stay up to date with the latest news directly from the SUNY Canton Athletics department by "liking" us on Facebook and "following" our Twitter account.

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SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier College for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and certificate programs. The College delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, health, management, and public service to students in the North Country, New York State, and beyond. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to their academic credentials. SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as eight exclusively online bachelor's degrees. The College's 14 athletic teams compete in state-of-the-art facilities as provisional members of the NCAA Division III and the USCAA.