Sophomore center Jeff Bostic (Geneva/Geneva) scored 16 points and made a team-high two blocks. Sophomore guard Sean Burton (Notre Dame/Yorkville) registered 12 points and, along with junior guard Scott Ruffrage (Utica Notre Dame/Whitesboro), made a team-best four assists. Sophomore forward Brendan Rogers (Liverpool/Liverpool) scored 10 points and made two assists. Freshman center Tom Brown (Bayport-Blue Point/Bayport) grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.
Morrisville was lead by Adebowale Olasokan (Boys and Girls/Brooklyn) who scored 20 points. Davon Williams (Fredrick Douglas Academy/New York) registered 17 points and grabbed at game-high eight rebounds. Dodrick Spencer (William E. Grady/Brooklyn) and Terrell Armstead (Martin VanBuren/Far Rockway) each posted nine points.
The Bombers started the game by going on a 13-4 run, which was started five seconds into the game by a Bostic lay-up and was capped by a Leahy three-pointer at 15:26. The Bombers held the lead for the majority of the first half and going into the break were up 32-29.
In the second, the Bombers lead the whole half. They went 5-8 from behind the three-point line and held their biggest lead 76-59 with 2:50 remaining in the contest. During the second, Ithaca shot 54.2% from the field, while holding Morrisville to only 40.0%.
The Bombers, who are 3-0 on Tuesday night this season, return home Friday at 8 p.m. to host Nazareth in an Empire 8 contest.
Newspaper Box Score Ithaca College vs Morrisville State 01/16/07 7:00 pm at Morrisville, NY At Morrisville, NY ITHACA COLLEGE 80, MORRISVILLE STATE 67 ITHACA COLLEGE (7-6) Sean LEAHY 6-12 4-5 21; Jeff BOSTIC 5-11 6-8 16; Sean BURTON 4-8 0-0 12; Brendan ROGERS 5-8 0-0 10; Sean STAHN 2-4 4-4 8; Scott RUFFRAGE 2-4 1-2 5; Tom BROWN 0-6 4-4 4; Alex ADRIEN 0-1 2-2 2; Louis Kail 1-2 0-2 2. Totals 25-56 21-27 80. MORRISVILLE STATE (3-11) Adebowale Olasokan 8-15 1-2 20; Davon Williams 5-9 7-8 17; Terrell Armstead 4-10 1-2 9; Dodrick Spencer 3-4 2-4 9; Cesar Martinez 2-11 0-0 6; Kyle Buell 2-4 0-0 4; Garnell Vaughn 1-3 0-0 2; Joe McCants 0-4 0-0 0; Jamal Davis 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-62 11-16 67. Ithaca College................ 32 48 - 80 Morrisville State............. 29 38 - 67 3-point goals--Ithaca College 9-19 (Sean LEAHY 5-9; Sean BURTON 4-7; Brendan ROGERS 0-1; Scott RUFFRAGE 0-1; Alex ADRIEN 0-1), Morrisville State 6-21 (Adebowale Olasokan 3-5; Cesar Martinez 2-9; Dodrick Spencer 1-1; Kyle Buell 0-2; Jamal Davis 0-2; Terrell Armstead 0-1; Davon Williams 0-1). Fouled out--Ithaca College-None, Morrisville State-None. Rebounds--Ithaca College 37 (Tom BROWN 7), Morrisville State 34 (Davon Williams 8). Assists--Ithaca College 16 (Sean BURTON 4; Scott RUFFRAGE 4), Morrisville State 15 (Joe McCants 6). Total fouls--Ithaca College 14, Morrisville State 19. Technical fouls--Ithaca College-None, Morrisville State-None. A-35