Lyndonville, VT – Quran DuBois and Joseph Werner led the SUNY Canton men's basketball team with 43 combined points but host NVU-Lyndon pulled away over the final 10 minutes and held off the Roos for a 92-90 win in a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) contest on Friday evening.

THE BASICS

• Result: NVU-Lyndon 92, SUNY Canton 90
• Location: George W. Stannard Gym – Lyndonville, VT
• Records: NVU-Lyndon (6-17, 3-9 NAC) | SUNY Canton (14-10, 10-3 NAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• DuBois was one short point of a game-high totaling 22 points, eight rebounds and three steals, while Joseph Werner finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season.
• George Nehma (16), Danny Santana (11) and Brandon Blaker (11) all scored in double figures for the Roos.
• Canton led by as many as nine points after Blaker hit a jumper with 3:51 left in the first half. The Hornets closed the stanza on a 14-5 run to tie the game at 44 headed to the locker rooms.
• With the Roos leading 60-59 with eight minutes gone in the second half the Hornets went on a 14-4 run to open up a nine-point advantage with 8:25 to play. Canton immediately used a 7-0 run to cut it to two but the Hornets regained an eight-point advantage on multiple occasions including leading 88-80 with 2:34 to play.
• Canton trimmed the deficit to 88-86 with 57 seconds remaining after four points from Werner and two from Santana. After a defensive stop Canton had a chance to tie but missed a jumper and the Hornets hit four of their final six free throws to seal the victory.
• Timothy Hoar led all scorers with 23 points and 15 rebounds, while Damon Denteh added 22 points. Luke Fredsell (19) and Kyle Cary (17) also reached double figures.
• Canton dominated inside outscoring the Hornets 58-18 in the paint and had the edge in second chance points (16-5) and points off turnovers (23-13).
• Both teams shot 49 percent from the field but the difference was from behind the arc where Lyndon knocked down 20 threes hitting 50 percent of their attempts (20-for-40), while the Roos were just 5-for-20 (25 percent).

WHAT'S NEXT
These two teams will have a rematch on Saturday at 3 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 traditional athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level as part of the North Atlantic Conference. SUNY Canton also features varsity eSports and cheerleading. For more information, visit www.canton.edu.