Rochester, NY – Quran DuBois and DeMerrill Levy combined for 41 points, but a late rally came up short as host Rochester Institute of Technology hung on for a 77-71 win against the SUNY Canton men's basketball team in the opening game of the Brodie Tournament on Saturday.  

THE BASICS

• Result:  RIT 77, SUNY Canton 71
• Location: Clark Gym – Rochester, NY
• Records: RIT (3-2) | SUNY Canton (1-6)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Tigers led 10-3 early before a 7-0 Canton run tied things up. Play was back-and-forth in the opening half with the Roos leading by as many as five before taking a 36-33 lead into intermission.
• The game remained close early on in the second stanza before an 8-0 run from RIT extended the Tiger lead to 13 (67-54), their largest lead of the game, with 9:05 remaining.
• Canton responded with a 7-0 run of its own that included five points from Juztin Chambers-Phillips to get within six with under six minutes to play. That was as close as the Roos would get until DuBois scored in transition to make it a five point game with 11 seconds to play as RIT hung on for the win.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• DuBois led all players with 23 points shooting 9-for-16 from the field to go with five rebounds. Levy scored a career-high 18 points shooting 8-for-10 from the field including making both his three-point attempts. His previous career-best came when he tallied 17 points v. NVU-Johnson (2/1/22). Chambers-Phillips chipped in eight points and a team-best three assists, while JJ Omaga had six points and five rebounds.
• Kevin Ryan led a balanced scoring effort for RIT with 16 points, while Kenny Wilburn (13) and Brock Bowen (10) also reached double figures. Seven Tigers scored seven or more points.
• Both teams shot the ball extremely well as Canton hit 50% of their shot attempts, while the Tigers knocked down 52% of their field goals and 60% of their threes.
• RIT had a 38-28 advantage on the glass that led to an 18-7 edge in second chance points. The RIT bench outscored their Canton counterparts 26-13, while the Roos held the edge inside outscoring the Tigers 48-32 in the paint.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The men's basketball team is back in action in the consolation game of the Harold J. Brodie Tournament on Saturday at 1 p.m. when they will square off with Hamilton.
   
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.