Cobleskill, NY – Seniors Quran DuBois and DeMerrill Levy and junior Brennan Harmer all reached double figures in scoring but the SUNY Canton men's basketball team closed out its season with a 92-84 road loss at SUNY Cobleskill on Saturday.

THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Cobleskill 92, SUNY Canton 84  
• Location: Iorio Gymnasium – Cobleskill, NY
• Records: SUNY Cobleskill (17-8, 8-6 NAC) | SUNY Canton (6-18, 4-10 NAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Canton jumped out to an early 13-7 lead after a Harmer steal and layup, their largest lead of the game.
• Play continued to be a back-and-forth affair with the Roos holding a 35-33 lead after a Terrence Fields three with 5:55 to play in the opening half. The Fighting Tigers closed the half on a 15-4 run to take a 48-39 lead into intermission.
• Cobleskill extended its lead to 15 (61-46) 5 minutes 40 seconds into the second half, but the Roos responded with a 12-2 run to trim the lead to five after a Fields jumper with 11:24 to play.
• The Tigers battled back to open up an 18-point advantage five minutes later, their largest of the contest. Canton would cut the deficit to single digits in the final minutes as the hosts held on for the win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• DuBois led all players with 28 points and added 11 rebounds, four steals and three assists for his second straight double-double. He shot 9-for-18 from the field and 8-for-8 from the charity stripe. Levy tallied 14 points and five assists, while Harmer finished with 12 points. Juztin Chambers-Phillips and Fields chipped in eight and seven points, respectively.
• Jeremy Rosario led the Tigers with 22 points, while Iziah Pigott added 21 points and eight boards. Markel Jenkins finished with a double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds, while Justin Feldman posted 10 points, eight assists and six rebounds.
• Cobleskill had the upper hand in points in the paint (52-28), second chance points (25-12) and points off turnovers (28-17). The Roos shot 16-for-19 from the free throw line (84%), while the Tigers were 25-for-35 (71%).

WHAT'S NEXT?
This concludes the 2022-23 season for the men's basketball team.
   
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.