CORTLAND, N.Y. – New Paltz rallied after trailing by 11 points early in the second half and the Hawks handed host Cortland an 83-73 setback in SUNYAC men's basketball action. 
 
New Paltz (13-3, 7-2 SUNYAC) remains in second place in the league standings. Cortland (8-9, 5-5 SUNYAC) is currently tied for fifth place. Cortland will host league leader and nationally ranked Oswego Saturday at 4 p.m. 
 
Kendall Arcuri (Staten Island/St. Joseph by the Sea) led four Cortland double-figure scorers with 17 points. He hit 6-of-7 shots, including 2-of-3 from the arc, and was 3-of-3 from the foul line. Jaylen Warmack (Utica/Utica Notre Dame) finished with 14 points and a game-high seven assists. Kareem Lubin (Monroe/Washingtonville) also netted 14 points and shared the team lead with seven rebounds and Aaron Coston (Kerhonkson/Rondout Valley) ended with 13 points, seven rebounds and three assists. 
 
A.J. Knight paced New Paltz with 25 points, 19 in the second half, and seven rebounds. Alex Krupinski scored 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting, Kobe Bogart scored 13 points and pulled down five rebounds, and Sean St. Lucia scored 12 points and dished out five assists. Dakoda Smith scored eight points and blocked three shots. 
 
Cortland led 43-34 at halftime and 45-34 on an Arcuri layup just over a minute into the second half. New Paltz fashioned a 16-4 run over the next five minutes and took the lead, 50-49, on Krupinski's 3-pointer with 13:32 left. 
 
The Hawks eventually pushed their lead to 69-60 on an RJ Meyers-Turner trey with 5:54 left. Cortland came back with an Arcuri 3-pointer, two Lubin free throws and a Warmack layup and was down only two, 69-67, with 4:18 on the clock. 
 
The margin was still two at 71-69 with less than three minutes left before Knight hit two 3-pointers, sandwiched around a Coston layup, to put the guests ahead 77-71 with 1:52 left. Cortland missed a 3-pointer and a free throw on its next two possessions and Knight clinched the win with six free throws over the final 47 seconds. 
 
Cortland lost despite shooting 56 percent from the floor compared to New Paltz's 48 percent. The Red Dragons however, turned the ball over 14 times compared to the Hawks' eight giveaways, leading to New Paltz holding a 27-6 advantage in points off of turnovers.