Cortland (12-7, 5-6 SUNYAC) had a 33-26 lead trimmed to 33-32 with 15:37 remaining. Sophomore forward Frank Ranieri started the decisive run with two free throws at 15:19 and sophomore forward Jon Rother hit back-to-back three-pointers at the 14:24 and 13:43 marks. Junior guard Justin O'Garrow hit a trey to cap the run with 12:27 left to give the Red Dragons a 44-32 advantage. The lead was at least nine the rest of the game.
Sophomore guard Brian Kirchhoff led Cortland with 16 points. He connected on 4-of-7 three-pointers. Rother finished with 13 points and six rebounds, O'Garrow had 12 points, five rebounds and four steals and Ranieri added 11 points and five rebounds. Sophomore guard Brandon Woods and freshman guard Dave Jutton each had four assists.
Nate Sanzo paced Fredonia (8-12, 4-7 SUNYAC) with 13 points and eight rebounds. Chris Donahue scored 11 points, nine on three-pointers.
Cortland shot 50 percent from the field in the second half and 43 percent for the game, including 43 percent (9-of-21) from three-point range. The Red Dragons turned the ball over only eight times compared to 18 for the Blue Devils.
SUNY Cortland vs SUNY Fredonia 2/7/04 4 p.m. at Dods Hall SUNY CORTLAND 63, SUNY FREDONIA 50 SUNY CORTLAND (12-7, 5-6 SUNYAC) KIRCHHOFF, Brian 5-9 2-2 16; ROTHER, Jon 5-10 1-2 13; O'GARROW, Justin 5-7 0-4 12; RANIERI, Frank 2-10 7-8 11; JUTTON, Dave 1-4 2-2 5; WOODS, Brandon 2-2 0-2 4; ORTQUIST, Erik 1-3 0-0 2; COLEMAN, Derrick 0-1 0-0 0; PERKINS, Chad 0-2 0-0 0; HEADLEY, Rodney 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-49 12-20 63. SUNY FREDONIA (8-12, 4-7 SUNYAC) SANZO, Nate 5-10 3-6 13; DONAHUE, Chris 3-9 2-2 11; BUCKENMEYER, Mark 3-5 2-2 8; WATKINS, Devin 1-4 3-3 6; ANDERSON, Tim 3-5 0-0 6; CAMPBELL, Jason 2-4 0-0 4; KENNEDY, Luke 0-1 0-0 0; GRECO, Nick 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 17-42 12-17 50. SUNY Cortland................. 26 37 - 63 SUNY Fredonia................. 24 26 - 50 3-point goals-SUNY Cortland 9-21 (KIRCHHOFF, Brian 4-7; ROTHER, Jon 2-5; O'GARROW, Justin 2-3; JUTTON, Dave 1-4; RANIERI, Frank 0-2), SUNY Fredonia 4-17 (DONAHUE, Chris 3-8; WATKINS, Devin 1-3; ANDERSON, Tim 0-1; CAMPBELL, Jason 0-1; GRECO, Nick 0-4). Fouled out--SUNY Cortland-None, SUNY Fredonia-ANDERSON, Tim. Rebounds-SUNY Cortland 29 (ROTHER, Jon 6), SUNY Fredonia 31 (SANZO, Nate 8). Assists-SUNY Cortland 12 (JUTTON, Dave 4; WOODS, Brandon 4), SUNY Fredonia 12 (CAMPBELL, Jason 5). Total fouls-SUNY Cortland 16, SUNY Fredonia 17. A-363