Canton, NY – Marcus Rhett hit a jumper from just inside the three-point line as time expired to lift visiting Alfred State College to a 63-61 win over the SUNY Canton men's basketball team in the regular season finale for both teams on Saturday in the Roos House.
 
Adrian Williams led the Roos with a game-high 19 points and added nine rebounds, while Ibu Smith added 13 points. Danny Santana chipped in 12 points and six rebounds and Deon Foster totaled 10 points in his first career start on Senior Day. Andrew Fitch hauled down a game-high 12 rebounds.
 
Dante Jordan paced the Pioneers with 16 points and nine rebounds, while Alexshay Pearce (14) and Tahaij Lewis (10) also scored in double figures.
 
Alfred State took a slim 32-31 lead into intermission. The Roos led by five points (57-52) after Foster hit a three-pointer with 4:07 remaining. The Pioneers finished the game on a 11-4 run to earn the victory.
 
SUNY Canton honored Deon Foster and Adrian Williams, its two seniors, in a pre-game ceremony.
 
This concludes the regular season for the men's basketball team. They will wait to see if they get a bid to the 2018 United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Tournament. 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.