The Bombers moved into a third-place tie in the Empire 8 standings with a 72-61 win over Alfred. Ithaca erased the Saxons’ seven-point halftime lead with a 20-4 run that opened the second period, then took the lead for good on a pair of free throws by sophomore forward Brian Andruskiewicz (Montville/Oakdale, Conn.) with 3:31 left to play. Andruskiewicz scored a career-high 21 points and added a team-leading 10 rebounds. Senior forward Tyler Schulz (Monroe-Woodbury/Monroe) collected 21 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots. Junior guard Jim Bellis (Bloomfield Central/Bloomfield) added 13 points and sophomore point guard Jonathan Whetstone (Palo Alto/Palo Alto, Calif.) contributed seven rebounds and five assists.
Ryan Hallett scored 16 points to lead the Saxons. Dillon Stein added 14 points and three rebounds.
ITHACA 72, ALFRED 61 ALFRED (3-19, 2-9 E8) Ryan Hallett 6-11 1-2 16; Dillon Stein 6-15 2-4 14; Bruce Nober 4-5 2-3 11; Chris Lemasters 4-11 1-1 10; Nick Andolina 3-10 0-0 8; Ryan Clemenson 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 24-56 6-10 61. ITHACA (11-9, 7-3 E8) Tyler Schulz 7-12 7-10 21; Brian Andruskiewicz 8-13 4-4 21; Jim Bellis 3-11 5-6 13; Ian Houck 2-4 0-0 6; Nate Thomas 2-5 0-0 4; Jesse Roth 1-4 0-0 3; Tariq Ahmad 1-1 0-1 2; Michael Kubera 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 25-52 16-21 72. Alfred........................ 34 27 - 61 Ithaca........................ 27 45 - 72 3-point goals-Alfred 7-13 (Ryan Hallett 3-6; Nick Andolina 2-4; Chris Lemasters 1-1; Bruce Nober 1-2), Ithaca 6-17 (Jim Bellis 2-6; Ian Houck 2-4; Brian Andruskiewicz 1-2; Jesse Roth 1-3; Nate Thomas 0-2). Fouled out--Alfred-None, Ithaca-None. Rebounds-Alfred 26 (Dillon Stein 13), Ithaca 38 (Brian Andruskiewicz 10). Assists-Alfred 7 (Nick Andolina 3), Ithaca 17 (Jonathan Whetstone 5). Total fouls-Alfred 15, Ithaca 16.