Pat Kenny scored 14 points and James Thorpe added 12 for the Chargers, who used a 16-0 run with just over 10 minutes remaining to pull away after trailing by a point. Colby-Sawyer shot 62 percent from the floor in the contest, including 71 percent (17-of-24) in the second half.
Junior Brian Kirchhoff (Webster) led Cortland with 15 points and three assists. Senior Justin O'Garrow (Port Washington/Paul D. Schreiber) added 11 points and three assists and freshman Michael Jankiewicz (Oriskany) scored 10 points. Junior Simon Skrelja (Hastings-on-Hudson/Hastings) made 4-of-5 shots and finished with nine points and a team-high five rebounds.
Cortland led 25-23 with 7:05 left in the first half on a basket by freshman Joe Sargent (Rochester/Rush-Henrietta). The Chargers finished the half on a 15-6 run, however, and led 38-31 at halftime. The lead briefly grew to nine points at 42-33 on a St. Clair jumper with 18:50 left, but Cortland answered with a 10-1 run, capped by O'Garrow's three-pointer, to tie the game at 43-43 with 15:31 left.
Cortland took its only lead of the second half at 53-52 on a three-point play by Jankiewicz with 10:32 remaining. St. Clair's layup 17 seconds later started the decisive run and his layup with 5:29 left ended it and gave the Chargers a 68-53 lead. Cortland got back within nine points twice, the last time with 3:04 left on a Skrelja tip-in.
Colby-Sawyer College (NH) vs SUNY Cortland 12/30/04 4 p.m. at Daytona Beach, FL COLBY-SAWYER COLLEGE (NH) 83, SUNY CORTLAND 67 COLBY-SAWYER COLLEGE (NH) (6-3) ST. CLAIR, Andrew 12-19 8-12 32; KENNY, Pat 5-8 2-2 14; THORPE, James 5-9 1-1 12; CONDON, Chris 5-7 0-2 10; BRAY, Collin 1-3 4-4 6; FOURNIER, Tyler 2-3 0-0 4; CARTER, Josh 1-1 0-2 3; BUTTERWORTH, Scott 1-1 0-0 2; BURKE, Chris 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-52 15-23 83. SUNY CORTLAND (5-4) KIRCHHOFF, Brian 4-11 4-4 15; O'GARROW, Justin 3-8 4-4 11; JANKIEWICZ, Michael 4-8 1-1 10; SKRELJA, Simon 4-5 1-1 9; JUTTON, Dave 2-9 0-0 6; RANIERI, Frank 2-6 2-5 6; HEADLEY, Rod 1-5 2-2 4; MERRITT, Quentin 1-2 0-0 2; SARGENT, Joe 1-1 0-0 2; SCHALLER, Mark 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 23-57 14-19 67. Colby-Sawyer College (NH)..... 38 45 - 83 SUNY Cortland................. 31 36 - 67 3-point goals-Colby-Sawyer College (NH) 4-13 (KENNY, Pat 2-3; THORPE, James 1-5; CARTER, Josh 1-1; BURKE, Chris 0-1; BRAY, Collin 0-2; CONDON, Chris 0-1), SUNY Cortland 7-23 (KIRCHHOFF, Brian 3-7; JUTTON, Dave 2-8; O'GARROW, Justin 1-4; JANKIEWICZ, Michael 1-3; SCHALLER, Mark 0-1). Fouled out--Colby-Sawyer College (NH)-None, SUNY Cortland-None. Rebounds-Colby-Sawyer College (NH) 31 (ST. CLAIR, Andrew 11), SUNY Cortland 29 (SKRELJA, Simon 5). Assists-Colby-Sawyer College (NH) 18 (BRAY, Collin 6), SUNY Cortland 13 (KIRCHHOFF, Brian 3; O'GARROW, Justin 3; RANIERI, Frank 3). Total fouls-Colby-Sawyer College (NH) 15, SUNY Cortland 18. A-75