Canton, NY – Brennan Harmer netted a career-high seven points, all of which came in the opening half, but a strong second 20 minutes carried visiting SUNY Poly past the SUNY Canton men's basketball team, 68-52, in a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) game on Friday.

THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Poly 68, SUNY Canton 52  
• Location: Stan Cohen Court – Canton, NY
• Records: SUNY Poly (5-2, 1-0 NAC) | SUNY Canton (1-3, 0-1 NAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Roos led by four early in what was a back-and-forth opening half. The Roos would take a slim 30-26 advantage into intermission.
• Brennan Harmer had a strong first half for the Roos leading the team with seven points including hitting a pair of three-pointers. Fitch was a force defensively recording seven first half blocks.
• The Wildcats chipped away at the deficit early on in the first half tying the game at 32 just less than three minutes in.
• SUNY Poly used a 20-5 run over the next seven minutes to open up a 52-37 advantage nearly halfway through the second half.
• The visitors were in control over the final 10 minutes leading by as many as 20 en route to the victory.

 
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Peyton Olsen paced Canton with eight points, while Harmer and DeMerrill Levy added seven points apiece. Andrew Fitch, Danny Santana and Brandon Averitt had six points each.
• SUNY Poly shot 54.4 % from the field in the game compared to just 34.5 % for the Roos.
• The Wildcats turned 21 Canton turnovers into 16 points. The Roos held the upper hand in bench points (29-10), while Poly outscored Canton 42-18 in the paint.

WHAT'S NEXT?
The men's basketball team is back in NAC action on Saturday when it hosts Cazenovia College 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.