O'Garrow's 18 points are his most as a Red Dragon and his eight rebounds match his previous best. Sophomore Brian Kirchhoff contributed 16 points and six assists and sophomore Frank Ranieri finished with 15 points and eight rebounds. Kirchhoff made 4-of-7 three-pointers. Sophomore Jon Rother scored 11 points and handed out four assists. Rother has scored in double figures in all 14 games this season.
Junior Dave Ponza led Oswego with 15 points and eight rebounds. Junior Ben Oliver scored 11 points, nine in the first half, and freshman Nicholas Perioli, the SUNYAC's assist leader, recorded 10 points and seven assists.
Each team held a seven-point lead in the first half, with Oswego's coming at 31-24 with 4:38 remaining. Cortland, though, finished the half on a 13-3 run to lead 37-34 at the break. Oswego led once in the second half at 40-39 with 16:25 remaining.
Cortland was clinging to a 45-43 lead with 13 minutes left before rattling off a 10-2 run, including threes by Kirchhoff and freshman Dave Jutton, to take a 10-point lead with 8;53 left. The lead was at least seven from that point on. Jutton finished with eight points and a career-high six rebounds.
SUNY Oswego vs SUNY Cortland 1/24/04 8 p.m. at Cortland, NY (Corey Gymnasium) SUNY CORTLAND 72, SUNY OSWEGO 60 SUNY OSWEGO (10-6, 4-4 SUNYAC) PONZA, Dave 6-13 3-4 15; OLIVER, Ben 5-9 0-0 11; PERIOLI, Nicholas 4-6 0-0 10; MIMS, Ahmad 3-15 1-2 8; ASHSHAHEED, Hasan 2-6 0-0 5; WATKINS, Peter 2-4 0-0 4; HEFFERNAN, Brendan 1-3 0-0 3; BURRIDGE, Mat 1-3 0-0 2; ROBERSON, Erik 1-1 0-0 2; FRANZE, Todd 0-1 0-0 0; SINKLER, Luke 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 25-64 4-6 60. SUNY CORTLAND (10-4, 3-3 SUNYAC) O'GARROW, Justin 8-12 1-2 18; KIRCHHOFF, Brian 6-9 0-0 16; RANIERI, Frank 6-9 2-4 15; ROTHER, Jon 5-14 1-3 11; JUTTON, Dave 2-5 3-5 8; HEADLEY, Rodney 2-3 0-0 4; SKRELJA, Simon 0-1 0-0 0; ORTQUIST, Erik 0-3 0-0 0; COLEMAN, Derrick 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-57 7-14 72. SUNY Oswego................... 34 26 - 60 SUNY Cortland................. 37 35 - 72 3-point goals-SUNY Oswego 6-22 (PERIOLI, Nicholas 2-4; MIMS, Ahmad 1-7; HEFFERNAN, Brendan 1-3; OLIVER, Ben 1-4; ASHSHAHEED, Hasan 1-3; PONZA, Dave 0-1), SUNY Cortland 7-20 (KIRCHHOFF, Brian 4-7; O'GARROW, Justin 1-3; RANIERI, Frank 1-2; JUTTON, Dave 1-4; ROTHER, Jon 0-4). Fouled out--SUNY Oswego-None, SUNY Cortland-None. Rebounds-SUNY Oswego 33 (PONZA, Dave 8), SUNY Cortland 37 (O'GARROW, Justin 8; RANIERI, Frank 8). Assists-SUNY Oswego 13 (PERIOLI, Nicholas 7), SUNY Cortland 19 (O'GARROW, Justin 7). Total fouls-SUNY Oswego 12, SUNY Cortland 7. A-500