ITHACA, N.Y. - Sean Rossi scored 18 points, including what proved to be the game-winning layup with one minute, 15 seconds remaining, as Ithaca held off Cortland, 76-75, in a non-league matchup. The Bombers improve to 3-2 after overcoming a 10-point second-half deficit, while Cortland's record evens at 2-2 with the loss.

Senior Paul Oliver (Phoenix) led Cortland with 18 points on 9-of-10 shooting and also finished with five rebounds and four assists. He scored 16 of his points in the first half. Senior Will Coston (Kerhonkson/Rondout Valley) added 13 points and four rebounds. Sophomore Brian Manning (Elmira/Elmira Southside) recorded career highs of 11 points and four assists and also grabbed four rebounds. Junior Dustin Marshall (Newfield) made 5-of-6 field goals in an 11-point, four-rebound effort.

Rossi also led the Bombers with six assists. Jordan Marcus scored 15 points and pulled in five rebounds. Andrei Oztemel made all five of his shots, four from behind the three-point arc, and finished with 14 points and Phil Barera recorded 14 points and 11 rebounds while making 6-of-7 shots.

Cortland led by as much as 11 points in the first half at 36-25 on an Oliver layup at the 4:38 mark. The Red Dragons were up 44-36 at halftime and still held a 10-point lead at 59-49 on Manning's layup with 12:11 left.

Ithaca fought back with an Eli Marovich jumper and three-pointers from Oztemel and Rossi to close within 59-57 with 9:54 left. The Bombers took their first lead of the second half at 63-62 on another Oztemel trey with 7:46 remaining.

The game went back-and-forth from that point. Cortland led 73-70 on a Marshall three-pointer with 2:59 left, but Ithaca scored the next four points and led 74-73 with just under two minutes remaining. Cortland grabbed its final lead on a Marshall layup with 1:29 on the clock, but Rossi answered 14 seconds later with the final points for either team.

Cortland missed four shots in the final minute, while Ithaca kept the Red Dragons close by missing the front end of two one-and-ones in the last 20 seconds. Cortland's final chance - a shot by junior Ron Evans (New Hartford) - missed the mark with less than two seconds left.

Cortland lost despite shooting 52 percent from the field. The Red Dragons were 6-of-18 from three-point range but only 3-of-5 from the foul line. Ithaca hit 48 percent of its field goals, made 9-of-25 three-pointers and was 9-of-14 on free throw attempts.

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