Canton, NY – Ten different Roos scored five or more points as the SUNY Canton men's basketball team cruised past visiting Alfred State College, 86-49, Saturday at the Roos House.

The 37 point win was the largest margin of victory for a SUNY Canton men's basketball team since they opened the 2011-12 season with an 82-43 victory over SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry. 
 
SUNY Canton (6-13) set the tone from the start scoring 20 of the contest's first 23 points as six different players scored over the 5:27 span. Alfred State hung tough responding with a 17-6 spurt of its own to get within 26-20 with 8:56 left in the opening half. The Roos outscored the Pioneers 24-7 over the final nine minutes to take control of the game, 50-27, heading to the locker rooms.
 
The Roos continued to dictate the pace of play and controlled the game as all 12 players scored and played at least nine minutes. SUNY Canton kept its foot on the gas pedal extending the lead to as many as 41 en route to the 37-point win.
 
Romario Fletcher (Queens, NY) led the balanced scoring output with 15 points on 6-for-10 shooting, while Kam Peterkin (Harlem, NY) posted a season-high 13 points to go with a team-high three steals. Scott Bartenstein (Potsdam, NY) added 13 points going 3-for-6 from beyond the arc as the only other double-digit scorer and also dished out four assists.
 
Rashad Richardson (Rochester, NY) tallied eight points and five rebounds. Sam Annorh (Queens, NY) netted seven points and a game-high five assists. The Roos were effective spreading the floor as 18 of their 28 made field goals came off assists.
 
SUNY Canton forced 23 Alfred State turnovers, while giving the ball up just 11 times which led to a 32-12 edge in points off turnovers. The Roos also held advantages in points in the paint (32-22), bench points (41-31) and second chance points (18-11) as the hosts never trailed from tip to final buzzer.
 
Tavon Moore was the lone Pioneer in double figures with 11 points, whileAdam Fezza added eight points.
 
The men's basketball team returns to the hardwood Wednesday for a 5:00 p.m. road game at Vermont Technical College. 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.