CORTLAND, N.Y. - Cortland outscored visiting Morrisville 25-6 over the final nine minutes to erase an 8-point deficit and the Red Dragons took sole possession of first place in the SUNYAC with a 65-54 win over the Mustangs.
 
Cortland is 11-3 in SUNYAC play, a game ahead of New Paltz (10-4), which lost Friday to Plattsburgh. The Red Dragons are 12-9 overall. Cortland will host Oneonta next Friday and New Paltz next Saturday.
 
Aaron Coston (Kerhonkson/Rondout Valley) led Cortland with 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting. He added five rebounds and shared the team lead with five assists. Joel Davis (Watertown) made 5-of-8 shots and closed with 11 points, seven rebounds, four steals and two assists, and Isaiah Austin (Albany) scored 11 points. Kendall Arcuri (Staten Island/St. Joseph by-the-Sea) finished with nine points and Kendrick Wilson (Wheatley Heights/Moravian Prep (NC)) had five rebounds and a team-high tying five assists.
 
Avion Grainger made 6-of-8 shots and led Morrisville (10-10, 6-7 SUNYAC) with 14 points. Kareem Sanders scored 11 points and led the Mustangs with seven rebounds, and CJ McCollum scored 10 points.
 
Morrisville trailed 36-32 with 16:25 remaining before using a 16-4 run over the next six minutes to take its largest lead of the night at 48-40. Cortland scored the next five points, including three Austin free throws, to close within three, and the Red Dragons eventually took the lead at 53-52 on Wilson's 3-pointer with 3:43 remaining.
 
Coston scored baskets with 1:29 left and with 34 seconds remaining to push the lead to seven. Austin added two free throws with 24 seconds remaining and a dunk by Davis with 15 seconds left made it 63-52. Morrisville broke a scoring drought of more than six minutes with a Sanders layup with 10 seconds left and Arcuri finished the scoring with two free throws.
 
Both teams made 23 field goals overall (Morrisville 23-of-49, Cortland 23-of-53) and six 3-pointers, but Cortland finished 13-of-16 at the foul line (12-of-15 in the second half) while Morrisville was only 2-of-12 at the charity stripe (1-of-8 in the second half).