Brandon Mills scored 16 points and David Andrews and Charlie Croff added 14 points each as Brockport defeated Cortland, 71-42, in the SUNYAC tournament semifinals. Brockport (21-6) advances to play Potsdam in the finals Saturday at 1 p.m. Cortland falls to 17-10 and will await a possible berth into the ECAC Division III Upstate New York tournament.
Sophomore Jon Rother led Cortland with 10 points and has scored in double figures in every game this year. Sophomore Frank Ranieri had seven points and 12 rebounds and junior Justin O'Garrow grabbed 11 rebounds.
Cortland trailed 31-20 at halftime and fell behind 44-23 with 15:00 left. The Red Dragons rallied to within 49-40 with 7:41 left, but Brockport finished the game on a 22-2 run.
Cortland struggled from the field, shooting 27 percent including 12 percent (2-of-17) from three-point range. The Red Dragons also committed 33 turnovers.
SUNYAC Semifinals SUNY Cortland vs SUNY Brockport 2/27/04 3 p.m. at Utica Memorial Auditorium SUNY BROCKPORT 71, SUNY CORTLAND 42 SUNY CORTLAND (17-10) ROTHER, Jon 2-10 5-10 10; RANIERI, Frank 2-5 3-3 7; JUTTON, Dave 1-6 4-4 7; KIRCHHOFF, Brian 3-11 0-0 6; ORTQUIST, Erik 2-3 2-2 6; HEADLEY, Rodney 2-4 0-2 4; O'GARROW, Justin 0-6 2-2 2. Totals 12-45 16-23 42. SUNY BROCKPORT (21-6) MILLS, Brandon 7-12 2-3 16; CROFF, Charlie 5-12 2-3 14; ANDREWS, David 6-11 1-2 14; BILLS, Randy 2-11 2-2 7; SKRINE, Kellan 2-9 0-0 5; BOSWELL, Bryan 2-7 0-0 5; WILLIAMS, Brandon 2-4 0-2 4; CARROLL, Brian 1-1 0-0 3; KORCZYNSKI, Chet 1-1 0-0 2; RUBERTONE, Dan 0-1 0-0 0; HOPKINS, Chris 0-1 0-0 0; NAZARIO, Orlando 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 28-73 8-14 71. SUNY Cortland................. 20 22 - 42 SUNY Brockport................ 31 40 - 71 3-point goals-SUNY Cortland 2-17 (ROTHER, Jon 1-4; JUTTON, Dave 1-5; KIRCHHOFF, Brian 0-7; O'GARROW, Justin 0-1), SUNY Brockport 7-25 (CROFF, Charlie 2-3; SKRINE, Kellan 1-5; BILLS, Randy 1-8; CARROLL, Brian 1-1; ANDREWS, David 1-3; BOSWELL, Bryan 1-2; HOPKINS, Chris 0-1; NAZARIO, Orlando 0-2). Fouled out--SUNY Cortland-None, SUNY Brockport-None. Rebounds-SUNY Cortland 49 (RANIERI, Frank 12), SUNY Brockport 38 (MILLS, Brandon 8; CROFF, Charlie 8). Assists-SUNY Cortland 5 (RANIERI, Frank 2), SUNY Brockport 16 (BOSWELL, Bryan 6). Total fouls-SUNY Cortland 13, SUNY Brockport 17. A-221