ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Jonathan Park totaled 25 points, 15 rebounds and six blocked shots and Nazareth held Cortland to 30 percent shooting from the floor and the Golden Flyers defeated the Red Dragons, 79-44, in the championship game of Nazareth's Mike Daley Memorial Tournament.
Cortland (2-1) was led by
Austin Grunder (Trumansburg/Charles O. Dickerson) and
Riley McEvoy (Homer) with nine points apiece. Grunder also led the Red Dragons with nine rebounds.
Kareem Lubin (Monroe/Washingtonville) added eight points and
Cal Shifflet (Buffalo/Williamsville East) finished with six points, six rebounds and two steals.
Grunder and
Cam Williams (Rome/Rome Free Academy) were named to the all-tournament team. Williams scored 20 points in the first round versus Union Friday and had three blocks and three rebounds in the finals.
Park, the tournament MVP, hit 12-of-16 shots from the field. Zach Stenglein ended with 13 points, five rebounds and five assists and Logan Blankenberg scored 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting and added three steals. Luke Insley led the Golden Flyers (2-0) with eight assists.
Nazaerth finished at 50 percent shooting overall and 44 percent (10-of-23) from the 3-point arc. Cortland was 18-of-60 from the field, including just 2-of-18 (11 percent) from deep.
The hosts took control early, racing out to a 20-4 lead eight minutes into the contest. The lead remained in double figures from that point. Nazareth led 41-20 at halftime by at least 22 points the entire second half.
Cortland is idle until it hosts Geneseo to open SUNYAC play on Tuesday, Nov. 29.