(NOTE: Some of the scoring stats from this game were corrected a few days after the game)
FREDONIA, N.Y. – Cortland used an 11-point run early in the second half to extend a 10-point lead to 21 and the Red Dragon men's basketball team earned its first SUNYAC victory of the season with a 71-55 win at Fredonia.
Cortland (3-4, 1-2 SUNYAC) featured a balanced attack with four double-figure scorers.
Humberto Cabrera (Millbrook) scored a career-high 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range.
Danny Linehan (Blauvelt/Tappan Zee) tallied a career-best 15 points, 14 in the first half, with four 3-pointers.
Austin Grunder (Trumansburg/Charles O. Dickerson) finished with 13 points, including two 3-pointers, and a team-high eight rebounds, and
Kareem Lubin (South Blooming Grove/Washingtonville) also scored 13 points on identical shooting numbers from the floor as Grunder at 5-for-11 overall and 2-of-3 from the arc. Lubin also had three assists.
Riley McEvoy (Homer) dished out a team-high four assists and added six points, five rebounds and two steals.
Eric Edwards (Binghamton) scored six points and led the Red Dragons with three steals.
Jackson Brown paced Fredonia (0-9, 0-3 SUNYAC) with 11 points and he hauled in seven rebounds. Marquis Tubman finished with 10 points and five boards, Jacob Hougan led the team with nine rebounds, and Alon Kremerman distributed three assists.
An 8-0 Cortland run midway through the first half turned a 16-14 deficit into a 22-16 lead. The margin grew to 10 at halftime at 37-27 after Grunder and Linehan hit 3-pointers in the final minute, sandwiched around a Malik Jemison layup.
Cortland scored the first five points of the second half, but Fredonia netted the next five to return the margin to 10. From that point, Edwards hit two foul shots and Cabrera scored six straight points on a traditional 3-point play and a 3-point jumper to give the Red Dragons a 50-32 lead, and McEvoy's trey over a minute later put Cortland on top by 21 at 53-32. The closest Fredonia got the rest of the way was 15 points.
Cortland travels to Geneseo on Wednesday for a 7:30 p.m. SUNYAC contest.
