Canton, NY – Brandon Adkisson led six players in double figures with 19 points as the SUNY Canton men's basketball team improved to 7-2 in North Atlantic Conference (NAC) play with a 103-80 victory over Northern Vermont University-Johnson on Friday evening.

THE BASICS

• Result:  SUNY Canton 103, NVU-Johnson 80
• Location: Stan Cohen Court – Canton, NY  
• Records:  SUNY Canton (11-9, 7-2 NAC) | NVU-Johnson (2-16, 1-7 NAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Adkisson tallied a team-high 19 points going 4-for-7 from behind the arc. Jordan Stewart finished with 17 points and a game-high six assists. Andrew Fitch recorded 14 points and six rebounds, while Danny Santana tallied 11 points. Joseph Werner came up one rebound short of a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds and Holliday, Jr. completed the double-digit scorers with 10.
• SUNY Canton shot 59 percent from the field (38-for-65) and 39 percent from three-point range (10-for-26), while the Badgers hit on 41 and 44 percent of their field goals and threes, respectively.
• Johnson jumped out to a 9-2 lead just over two minutes in but the Roos outscored the Badgers 49-27 the remainder of the half to take a 51-36 lead into intermission.
• The hosts were in control throughout the second half securing the convincing win.
• The 103 points are the most for the Roos since they scored 106 at Paul Smith's College on January 26, 2018 (106-68).
• Robert Dubose paced the Badgers with 26 points, while Haji Haji added 12 points.
• Canton held the upper hand in points in the paint (52-28), fast break points (12-2) and second chance points (14-4).
• Andrew Fitch was honored in a pre-game ceremony for setting the NCAA D-III era program record with 125 blocks. He currently sits at 137 blocks in just his second season.

 
FROM THE BENCH
"I was really pleased with our overall effort tonight as a team," Head Coach Ben Thompson said. "We need to tweak a few things defensively to be able to have success tomorrow, but I was proud of our group for how they came together to win this game tonight."
 

WHAT'S NEXT
These two teams will have a rematch on Saturday at 1 p.m.
   

About SUNY Canton
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 digital design, engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. As SUNY's leader in online education, SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 16 online degree programs. The college placed first in 14 categories in a SUNY-Wide Student Opinion Survey, most notably in career services, tutoring, library resources, and classroom facilities. The college's 15 athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level as part of the North Atlantic Conference. For more information, visit www.canton.edu.