CORTLAND, N.Y. – Chad Burridge led six Oswego double-figure scorers with 18 points as the nationally 22nd-ranked Lakers defeated Cortland, 84-65. Oswego won its 27th straight SUNYAC regular-season game and is now 17-3 overall and 13-0 in the conference. Cortland drops to 14-6 overall and is now in third place in the league with a 9-4 mark, one game behind Buffalo State.

Burridge also finished with six rebounds and five blocked shots. Sean Michele and Hayden Ward scored 12 points each, Conor Monaghan tallied 11 points, and Chris Gilkes and Ryan Sheridan finished with 10 points each. Michele hit 4-of-5 three-pointers and led the team with five assists. Ward grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.

Junior Brian Manning (Elmira/Southside) led Cortland with 11 points. He made 3-of-6 three-pointers. Junior Jesse Winter (Rockville Centre/South Side) finished with nine points, while junior Harrison Hefele (Greenlawn/Friends Academy) and sophomore Garen Spendjian (Glen Cove) recorded seven points each. Hefele led the team with six rebounds and Spendjian finished with a career-best five boards.

Oswego trailed only once at 1-0 with 18:48 left in the first half. The Red Dragons were down 11-10 after a Manning three-pointer with 13:57 left, but the Lakers scored the next 11 points on three-pointers by Michele, Gilkes and Burridge and a Burridge layup to take a 22-10 lead with 9:48 remaining.

Cortland cut a 20-point deficit with 3:21 left in the half to a 48-33 game at halftime. The Red Dragons then opened the second half with a Hefele layup and a Winter three-pointer and were within 10 points with 18:14 on the clock.

The guests called timeout, then went on a 13-0 run over the next three-plus minutes. Monaghan scored five points and set up a Burridge dunk during the decisive run. Oswego's lead grew as high as 75-42 with 10 minutes remaining before Cortland finished the game on a 23-9 spurt.

Oswego shot 52 percent from the field and 61 percent (11-of-18) from three-point range. The Lakers also made all 15 of their free throws. Cortland shot 44 percent from the three-point line (8-of-18) but only 35 percent overall from the floor.

Cortland will travel to New Paltz on Friday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. and to Oneonta on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 4 p.m. for SUNYAC games.

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