Canton, NY – Terrence Fields scored a game-high 22 points but visiting Maine Maritime pulled away for an 80-71 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) win against SUNY Canton on Friday evening.

THE BASICS

• Result: Maine Maritime 80, SUNY Canton 71     
• Location: Stan Cohen Court – Canton, NY
• Records:  Maine Maritime (7-6 3-1 NAC) | SUNY Canton (4-13, 2-5 NAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Maine Maritime jumped out to an early 11-3 lead. Canton battled back with a 13-5 run to knot things at 16 apiece. Canton closed the half on a 12-6 run to take a 35-29 lead into intermission.
• Fields and DuBois led the Roos with 12 and 11 points in the opening half, respectively. Connor Tuerff paced MMA with 11 points.
• The Roos opened the second half on a 7-4 run to open their largest lead of the game at 42-33 after a Fields layup just less than three minutes into the second half.
• The Mariners chipped away at the deficit taking their first lead of the second half after a Malachi Reincke layup midway through the half. Leading my one the visitors used a 9-0 run to open a double-digit advantage with less than seven minutes to play.
• Canton got within five after a Brennan Harmer trey with 2:58 remainin3g but a 6-0 Mariners run put the game away.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Fields led all players with 22 points and added eight rebounds, three assists and three steals on 9-for-15 shooting including a 4-for-8 mark from behind the arc. DuBois chipped in 15 points, four rebounds and four steals. DeMerrill Levy (11) and Juztin Chambers-Phillips (10) also scored in double figures. Harmer finished with eight points, a team-high five assists and added seven rebounds.
• Tuerff led the Mariners with 20 points, while Reincke added 17. Curt Heinz (15 points, 18 rebounds) and Carter Rubin (14 points, 10 rebounds) added double-doubles for the visitors.
• MMA shot nearly 44% from the field, while Canton hit nearly 36%. The Mariners held the edge in rebounds (53-32), points in the paint (34-24) and second chance points (17-7).

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The men's basketball team returns to NAC action on Saturday when they host Thomas at 3 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.