CORTLAND, N.Y. - Cortland outscored Plattsburgh 32-6 in just more than 11 minutes from late in the first half until midway through the second half to erase an 11-point deficit on the way to an 81-62 home victory in SUNYAC men's basketball action.
 
Cortland (16-4, 12-1 SUNYAC) remains a half game ahead of Oswego (12-2 conference) in the league standings. Oswego survived at Canton, 103-97 in overtime, on Friday night. The Red Dragons will host Potsdam Saturday at 4 p.m. on Senior Day.
 
Kendall Arcuri (Staten Island/St. Joseph by-the-Sea) led Cortland with a season-high 24 points, including a career-best seven 3-pointers. He shot 7-of-8 from the arc and 8-of-10 from the field overall, and he added four assists and four rebounds. Xavier Leveille (Blauvelt/Tappan Zee) hit a career-best five 3-pointers in seven tries and ended with 15 points. Joel Davis (Watertown) finished with 14 points (7-of-13 shooting), seven rebounds and two blocks, and Nolan Raymond (Queens Village/Vermont Academy) made four treys and ended with 12 points, a career-best six assists and a career-high tying six rebounds.
 
Reem Welch led Plattsburgh (10-9, 7-6 SUNYAC) with 36 points on 13-of-26 shooting and he gathered in seven rebounds. Welch entered the game ranked second nationally in Division III in scoring at 25.9 points per contest. David McKnight Jr. tallied 10 points and Mari Johnson hauled in a game-high 11 rebounds.
 
Cortland trailed most of the first half and was down by 11 points twice, the last at 34-23 with 2:02 left in the period. The Red Dragons got within 34-26 at halftime and opened the second half on a 16-0 run to take a 42-34 lead with 14:43 left. Arcuri scored seven points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer, and Davis scored four points during that opening run.
 
Cortland completed its 32-6 streak on a Leveille 3-pointer with 10:48 remaining to go up 55-40. The lead remained in double digits after that.
 
After shooting just 29 percent (10-of-35) in the first half, including 6-of-24 from the arc, Cortland exploded to shoot 56 percent (20-of-36) overall and 60 percent (12-of-20) from deep in the second half. Conversely, Plattsburgh shot 44 percent in the first half (6-of-14 from 3-point range), but only 25 percent overall and 2-of-15 from the arc in the second half.