Cobleskill, NY – Brandon Averitt netted a career and game-high 21 points to lead the SUNY Canton men's basketball team to a 65-63 road North Atlantic Conference (NAC) victory at SUNY Cobleskill on Friday evening.

THE BASICS

• Result:  SUNY Canton 65, SUNY Cobleskill 63
• Location: Iorio Gymnasium – Cobleskill, NY  
• Records: SUNY Canton (3-4, 2-1 NAC) | SUNY Cobleskill (1-9, 0-2 NAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The game was back-and-forth early on before the Roos used a 16-2 run midway through the opening half to turn a four point deficit (15-11) into a 10 points lead (27-17).
• The Fighting Tigers clawed back with a 9-2 run over the final 4:20 to get within 35-32 at intermission.
• Canton led by as many as nine in the second half. The Roos led by just one with less than four minutes to play but Averitt knocked down his seventh three of the game and Juztin Chambers-Phillips hit a jumper to extend the Canton lead to six with 1:23 to play.
• Cobleskill trimmed the lead to one with 37 seconds left on an old-fashioned three-point play. Andrew Fitch knocked down a free throw with less than a second left as a last second Tigers full court heave was off the mark.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Averitt led all players with 21 points hitting seven of his 13 three-point attempts. His previous career-best was nine points at Middlebury earlier this season. Santana finished with 14 points on 5-for-8 shooting including a 3-for-6 mark from behind the arc.
• Brennan Harmer added seven points, Justin Omaga ripped down a team-high nine rebounds, and Andrew Fitch added eight boards and five blocks.
• Juwan Malone led Cobleskill with 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Ja'Nyve Smith (13) and Justin Feldman (10) also reached double figures.
• Canton shot 40.4 % from the field and 38.9 % from three-point range, while Cobleskill had marks of 33.8 % and 32.4 %, respectively.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The men's basketball team returns to NAC action on Saturday when it visits SUNY Delhi at 1 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.