Cortland's lead was 14-12 after New Paltz hit a shot with 9:39 left in the first half. From that point, the Red Dragons made 10 of their next 14 shots, including 6-of-7 three-pointers, and led 43-12 with 1:53 remaining. New Paltz broke the run on a basket off an offensive rebound by Peter Ferenz with 1:32 left in the half. During the run, New Paltz was 0-for-14 from the floor with three turnovers before Ferenz's basket.
Sophomore Brian Kirchhoff started and ended the run with three-pointers and hit three treys in all during the stretch. Also in the run, freshman Dave Jutton made a pair of three-pointers and junior Justin O'Garrow scored seven straight points. New Paltz trailed 45-16 at halftime, but fought back to within 19 points with 12:47 left on John Hauser's three-pointer. Cortland, however, extended its lead to 26 points over the next two minutes and led by as many as 32 points late in the game.
Sophomore Jon Rother led Cortland with 21 points. He made two three-pointers and 7-of-8 free throws. O'Garrow finished with 17 points, eight rebounds, four assists, five steals and three blocked shots. Sophomore Frank Ranieri added 12 points (4-of-5 shooting), six rebounds, three assists and three steals. Kirchhoff and Jutton each made 3-of-6 three-pointers to finish with nine points apiece.
Hauser led New Paltz with 15 points and four steals. Matt Irwin scored 10 points and Jayvard Smith recorded six rebounds and four assists.
SUNY New Paltz vs SUNY Cortland 2/14/04 8 p.m. at Cortland, NY (Corey Gymnasium) SUNY CORTLAND 80, SUNY NEW PALTZ 51 SUNY NEW PALTZ (5-16,3-10 SUNYAC) HAUSER, John 5-10 2-4 15; IRWIN, Matt 3-6 2-2 10; DAUDIER, Matt 3-7 0-0 7; FOLUKE-HENDERSON, A 3-7 0-0 6; OTT, Steve 2-5 1-1 5; FERENZ, Peter 2-5 0-0 4; SMITH, Jayvard 1-8 0-0 2; CLEMENTS, Tyler 0-2 2-2 2; BELL, Joseph 0-1 0-0 0; HOLMES, Jeremy 0-1 0-0 0; BACK, Jake 0-1 0-0 0; CANNON, Tony 0-3 0-0 0; CARTER, Jonathan 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 19-59 7-9 51. SUNY CORTLAND (15-7, 7-6 SUNYAC) ROTHER, Jon 6-13 7-8 21; O'GARROW, Justin 7-14 3-4 17; RANIERI, Frank 4-5 2-2 12; KIRCHHOFF, Brian 3-6 0-0 9; JUTTON, Dave 3-6 0-0 9; DEMPSEY, R.J. 2-2 0-0 4; ORTQUIST, Erik 2-3 0-0 4; SKRELJA, Simon 1-3 0-0 2; WOODS, Brandon 0-1 0-0 0; O'CONNELL, Bobby 0-1 0-0 0; HEADLEY, Rodney 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-56 14-16 80. SUNY New Paltz................ 16 35 - 51 SUNY Cortland................. 45 35 - 80 3-point goals-SUNY New Paltz 6-17 (HAUSER, John 3-4; IRWIN, Matt 2-2; DAUDIER, Matt 1-2; FERENZ, Peter 0-2; SMITH, Jayvard 0-2; CLEMENTS, Tyler 0-1; BELL, Joseph 0-1; HOLMES, Jeremy 0-1; CARTER, Jonathan 0-2), SUNY Cortland 10-23 (KIRCHHOFF, Brian 3-6; JUTTON, Dave 3-6; RANIERI, Frank 2-2; ROTHER, Jon 2-3; SKRELJA, Simon 0-2; O'CONNELL, Bobby 0-1; O'GARROW, Justin 0-3). Fouled out--SUNY New Paltz-None, SUNY Cortland-None. Rebounds-SUNY New Paltz 29 (SMITH, Jayvard 6), SUNY Cortland 41 (O'GARROW, Justin 8). Assists-SUNY New Paltz 15 (SMITH, Jayvard 4), SUNY Cortland 17 (O'GARROW, Justin 4; JUTTON, Dave 4). Total fouls-SUNY New Paltz 16, SUNY Cortland 10. A-400