NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – Kobe Bogart's jumper with less than 30 seconds remaining broke a 61-61 tie and host New Paltz defeated Cortland, 67-61, in SUNYAC men's basketball action.
 
Cortland (6-6, 3-2 SUNYAC) lost despite erasing a 15-point halftime deficit. Kendall Arcuri (Staten Island/St. Joseph by the Sea) led the Red Dragons with 18 points. Danny Linehan (Blauvelt/Tappan Zee) made 4-of-6 3-pointers and ended with 14 points and four rebounds and Jaylen Warmack (Utica/Utica Notre Dame) finished with 10 points, four rebounds and three assists.
 
New Paltz (9-2, 3-1 SUNYAC) was led by Ryan Blondo with 15 points, 12 rebounds and five assists. Tyreik Frazier registered 14 points and seven rebounds, Alex Krupinski scored 14 points and Bogart closed with 13 points and six boards.
 
Cortland trailed 39-24 at halftime but quickly moved to within three at 46-43 after a Linehan 3-pointer with 12:29 remaining. New Paltz took a 58-47 lead at the 7:20 mark, but Cortland went on a 9-0 run over the next four minutes that featured baskets by Isaiah Austin (Albany) and Gerrad Beaubrun (Baldwin), a Linehan 3-pointer and a Warmack layup.
 
Trailing by five, Cortland used a Linehan trey and Lubin layup to knot the game at 61 with 2:56 left. Each team went scoreless over its next two possessions before Bogart, with the shot clock winding down, hit a jumper from the left elbow to break the tie. A.J. Knight recorded a steal on Cortland's next possession and Blondo hit two free throws with 15 seconds left to put the Hawks up by four. A Blondo steal and layup in the closing seconds finished the scoring.
 
New Paltz shot 64 percent from the floor in the first half but only 28 percent in the second half to finish at 44 percent. Cortland shot 36 percent in the first half but made 59 percent of its second-half shots to end at 48 percent.