Plattsburgh State (21-7) vs SUNY Institute of Technology (24-4)
FINAL: SUNYIT 71, Plattsburgh State 65
PLATTSBURGH — The Cardinals nearly overcame an 18-point deficit, but couldn't make the plays in the end when they needed them the most.
SUNY Institute of Technology held on for a 71-65 win over Plattsburgh State in the first round of the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament Friday at Memorial Hall.
Diloo Brown scored a game-high 31 points for the Wildcats, who advance to Saturday's second round against Medaille.
The Cardinals had multiple opportunities at the end to take the lead. Their final opportunity came with nine seconds left. Trailing 67-64, Steve Thomas made an ill-advised pass from the top of the key to Danny Tangney in the left corner.
The Wildcats, playing a 2-3 zone, intercepted the pass. David Golembiowski sank two free throws and the Cardinals were one-and-done.
HALF: SUNYIT 41, Plattsburgh State 29.
PLATTSBURGH -- Senior Diloo Brown scored 19 points to give SUNY Institute of Technology a 41-29 first-half advantage against Plattsburgh State in the first round of the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament Friday at Memorial Hall.
SUNYIT led by as many as 18 in the half. The Wildcats led, 23-17, before going on a 14-2 run to go up, 37-19, with two minutes left in the half.
Brown went 6-for-10 from the field, 4-for-6 from the 3-point line and 3-for-4 from the charity stripe.
Chris Ruiz leads the Cardinals with 10 points. Errol Daniyan has eight. Plattsburgh State is shooting just 36.4 percent from the field.
The Wildcats hold a 24-16 edge in rebounding, including an 8-5 advantage on offensive boards.
Dave Golembiowski has eight points and seven rebounds for the Wildcats.
ANALYSIS: The Cardinals have come back from deficits before, some much larger than this. They need to do a better job of looking for open teammates when they drive - Steve Thomas has four assists, at least two of them on drives to the hoop where he fed an open Errol Daniyan for an easy layup. The Cardinals cannot keep getting beat on the glass. Aaron Swancott, a 5-11 guard, has five offensive rebounds for SUNYIT. Plattsburgh State coach Tom Curle stressed the importance of limiting the Wildcats to one shot; the Cardinals are not doing that. Interesting note: Virgilio Torres, a walk-on who rarely plays, was sitting by the table prepared to check in. He never did, but Curle might have been trying to send a wake-up call to his players.
Starting Lineups:
Plattsburgh State Cardinals
G- Carl Munnerlyn #11
G- Chris Ruiz #15
G- Steve Thomas #23
F- Farris Thomas #3
F- Errol Daniyan #4
SUNYIT Wildcats
G- Diloo Brown #12
G- Flloyd Thorne #10
G- Kevin Cappiello #22
G- Aaron Swancott #20
F- Dave Golembiowski #42
Memorial Hall looks like it will be packed to max capacity tonight. The players from both teams just took the court and there are few seats left - just a patch or two on the visitor's area of the bleachers.
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Nazareth (18-9) vs Medaille (23-4)
FINAL: Medaille 78, Nazareth 72 (OT)
PLATTSBURGH — Seconds away from a one-and-done NCAA Tournament experience, Medaille's Keith Hack hit a buzzer-beating jumper to force overtime.
The Mavericks carried that momentum into the extra frame where they outscored Nazareth, 13-7, for a come-from-behind, 78-72, victory in the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament First Round at Memorial Hall in Plattsburgh, NY Friday.
Ron Malicki led the Mavericks (24-4) with 28 points. Malicki shook off a poor night at the free throw line to hit four straight that secured the victory in the last minute of overtime.
Corey McAdam led Nazareth (18-10) with 21 points and 10 assists. Tyshun Stephens added 18.
Hack finished with 19 for the Mavericks, who advance to Saturday's second round game against the winner of Plattsburgh State/SUNYIT.
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We're going to overtime!
SECOND HALF: Tie game, 65-all.
Tyshun Stephens hit a jumper to put Nazareth up by 11 with 5:32 to play. The Mavericks used an 8-0 run to cut the Golden Flyers' lead to 60-57 with less than three minutes remaining.
After trading baskets, Nazareth's Jake Fladd hit one of two at the free throw line, but Medaille's Ben Kopp struckyquickly at the other end with a lay-in to make it a 2-point game with 1:41 on the clock.
Mike Berkun had an opportunity to tie the game at the stripe with 55 seconds left, but missed both. Medaille corralled the offensive rebound, but Ron Malicki went too strong off the glass.
Phil Scaffidi got the rebound and made two free throws after being fouled to put Nazareth up 64-61 with 29.4 left.
Malicki made it 64-63 on a putback and Fladd made just one of two at the line to give Medaille a chance to tie or take the lead.
Keith Hack bobbled a pass, took control and nailed a jump shot from the corner to beat the buzzer and send the game into overtime.
HALFTIME: Nazareth leads, 36-31.
PLATTSBURGH — Jostens Trophy Finalist Corey McAdam scored 10 points to lead Nazareth to a 36-31 first-half lead over Medaille in the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournmanent First Round at Memorial Hall Friday.
Nazareth dominated the boards, 21-12, including a 6-2 advantage on the offensive glass.
The Golden Flyers are shooting 45.5 percent from the field. Tyshun Stephens added seven and Jason Corletta six for Nazareth.
Ron Malicki leads Medaille with 10 points off the bench. Keith Hack has seven. The Mavericks are shooting 42.2 percent from the field.
Starting lineups:
Nazareth Golden Flyers
G- Phil Scaffidi #3
G- Tyshun Stephens #12
G- Corey McAdam #21
F/G- Jason Corletta #32
F- Jake Fladd #33
Medaille Mavericks
G- Mike Berkun #2
G- Ricky Reed #3
G- Chris Moscato #5
F- Keith Hack #21
F/G- Kelly Condello #32
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