Canton, NY – Victor Bakre and Jordan Stewart posted 12 points apiece but visiting Clarkson University used impressive outside shooting to jump out to an early lead and never trailed en route to an 86-60 win over the SUNY Canton men's basketball team on Tuesday evening in the Roos House.
 
Clarkson (3-4) controlled play in the opening half taking its largest lead into intermission at 40-29 as they closed the half on a 9-0 run. Matt Higgins (15), Liam Ellis (14) and Joe Lucas (10) led three Knights in double figures in the opening half.
 
Victor Bakre paced SUNY Canton (2-6) with seven. Clarkson shot a blistering 52 percent from the field and hit 10 of their 19 attempts from beyond the arc (53 percent).
 
 
The Knights cruised in the second half to earn the 86-60 victory. Clarkson finished the game 13-for-30 from long distance and committed just six turnovers compared to 17 for the Roos, which led to 19 Clarkson points off turnovers.
 
Bakre and Jordan Stewart led the Roos with 12 points each, while Bakre added nine rebounds. Andrew Fitch and Adrian Williams chipped in nine and eight points, respectively.
 
Ellis and Higgins led the Knights with 20 points each, while Malaquias Canery and Lucas added 13 and 10 points, respectively. Gary Hanley hauled down a game-high 12 rebounds.
 
The men's basketball team returns to the hardwood on Saturday when it hosts Alfred University at 2 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, Instagram and YouTube accounts.

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SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs. The college delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, health, management and public service and recently received number one rankings in library resources, library services and tutoring services in the SUNY Student Opinion Survey. The college's faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 13 exclusively online degrees. The college's 15 athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level and are joining the North Atlantic Conference beginning in the 2018-19 academic year.