SCHENECTADY, N.Y.—Devon Bruce pulled down 15 rebounds and scored 14 points while point guard Chris Murphy handed out nine assists to lead Union to a 56-48 basketball victory over Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association rival Rensselaer at Memorial Field House.
The win not only snapped the Dutchmen’s two-game losing streak, it evened their UCAA record at 3-3 and their overall mark to 13-4. Rensselaer, meanwhile, dropped to 4-2 in the conference and 10-6 overall.
Union led from end-to-end as the Dutchmen opened the game with a 10-2 run. The Red Hawks, who trailed by 16 at the half, 30-14, came back to within three, 45-42, with 4:18 remaining on Matt Zepernick’s layup. Union iced the win by scoring seven consecutive points enroute to a 52-42 advantage with 43 seconds remaining. Forward Ryan Freundlich contributed three points to the run with Joseph Mackey adding a layup and Murphy and Brian Scordato each scoring once from the charity stripe.
John Cagianello contributed 14 points and four assists to Union’s effort while Zepernick led the Red Hawks’ offense with 15 points. Jared Hite pulled down 10 rebounds for Rensselaer and John Van Schiack finished with 10 points.
Official Basketball Box Score
RPI vs Union College
1/30/04 8 p.m. at Schenectady, NY Memorial Field House
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VISITORS: RPI 10-6 // 4-2 UCAA
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
10 Kori Massey......... * 2-6 1-4 0-2 0 4 4 1 5 3 2 0 1 29
24 John Van Schaick.... * 4-11 2-8 0-0 0 3 3 2 10 0 1 0 1 34
45 Matt Zepernick...... * 5-12 0-1 5-5 3 1 4 1 15 0 2 0 0 29
5 Paris Moore......... * 2-11 1-2 0-0 1 4 5 1 5 0 2 0 0 31
50 Jared Hite.......... * 1-4 0-0 2-3 4 6 10 2 4 4 1 0 0 36
15 Paul Halas.......... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 David Easley........ 1-3 0-1 2-5 0 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 13
25 Tom Schneider....... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 13
32 Neal Wesson......... 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 8
34 Greg Harrison....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
TEAM................ 2 2
Totals.............. 17-51 5-18 9-15 8 27 35 13 48 9 11 2 2 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 5-23 21.7% 2nd Half: 12-28 42.9% Game: 33.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-6 0.0% 2nd Half: 5-12 41.7% Game: 27.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 5-8 62.5% Game: 60.0% 2
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HOME TEAM: Union College 13-4 // 3-3 UCAA
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
22 Brian Scordato...... * 2-10 0-3 3-4 3 3 6 0 7 1 1 0 2 38
24 Ryan Freundlich..... * 4-6 0-0 1-1 1 3 4 3 9 0 0 0 0 32
32 John Cagianello..... * 6-13 2-5 0-0 0 3 3 2 14 4 0 1 2 32
33 Chris Murphy........ * 2-6 0-2 3-4 2 5 7 2 7 9 1 0 0 28
40 Devon Bruce......... * 6-10 1-3 1-3 5 10 15 2 14 0 3 1 0 26
12 T.J. Ramey.......... 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 12
15 Imbrie Packard...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
23 Joseph Mackey....... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0+
31 Jim Rahill.......... 0-4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 10
34 Darcy Bonner........ 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9
TEAM................ 2 2
Totals.............. 22-58 4-19 8-12 11 29 40 13 56 16 6 2 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-32 40.6% 2nd Half: 9-26 34.6% Game: 37.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-12 25.0% 2nd Half: 1-7 14.3% Game: 21.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 7-9 77.8% Game: 66.7% 2
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Officials:
Technical fouls: RPI-None. Union College-None.
Attendance:
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
RPI........................... 14 34 - 48
Union College................. 30 26 - 56