Middlebury, VT – Juztin Chambers-Phillips and Danny Santana led the men's basketball team in double figures but SUNY Canton dropped a 79-60 non-conference game at Middlebury College on Tuesday.

THE BASICS

• Result:  Middlebury 79, SUNY Canton 60  
• Location: Pepin Gymnasium – Middlebury, VT
• Records: Middlebury (5-2) | SUNY Canton (1-2)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Roos led briefly early on as Justin Omaga put back a dunk on the offensive glass for a 5-2 lead. SUNY Canton once again held a three point edge at 11-8 after back-to-back threes from Brandon Averitt.
• Middlebury used a 16-3 run over a span of eight minutes to take their first double digit lead at 24-14 with just over six minutes left in the opening half.
• Canton cut the lead to four (30-26) following a DeMerrill Levy trifecta, but the Panthers the final 1:27 of the half on a 7-0 run to take a 37-26 lead into intermission.
• Averitt led the Roos with nine first-half points shooting 3-for-4 from three-point range off the bench. Levy and Chambers-Phillips added six points each.
• The hosts ballooned the lead to 18 just over three minutes into the second half and held a 17-point lead midway through the stanza.
• Canton trimmed the deficit to 11 following a Santana three with 4:51 remaining, but that was as close as the Roos would get.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Chambers-Phillips and Santana led the Roos with 11 points apiece as they combined for 13 rebounds. Andrew Fitch finished with nine points, six rebounds and a game-best three blocks.
• Averitt added nine points of the bench, all of which came in the first half, and Levy finished with eight points and a team-best four assists.
• SUNY Canton shot 32.9% from the field and 29.7% from three for the game, while Middlebury finished with marks of 49.3% and 33.3%. The Panthers held the upper hand in rebounds (46-37) and points in the paint (52-22).
• Both teams played a clean game combining for just 17 turnovers and 16 fouls with six free throw attempts each.
• Alex Sobel (19 points, 10 rebounds) and David Brennan (12 points, 11 rebounds) recorded double-doubles for the Panthers, while Noah Osher (16 points, 9 rebounds) and Jaden Bobbett (9 points, 8 assists) just missed out on the feat.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The men's basketball team is scheduled to host SUNY Poly in its North Atlantic Conference (NAC) and home opener on Friday at 5:30 p.m.
 


About SUNY Canton
As Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs, SUNY Canton 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 23 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 SUNY Canton Kangaroos 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.