Senior Frank Ranieri (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse) led Cortland with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the floor. He also grabbed four rebounds. Junior Dave Maggiacomo (Pleasant Valley/Arlington) made 4-of-8 three-pointers and finished with 14 points and junior Rod Headley (Peekskill) scored 13 points and pulled down six rebounds. Senior Simon Skrelja (Hastings-on-Hudson/Hastings) led the Red Dragons with eight rebounds, three assists and two blocks.
Junior Taha Alassari (Brooklyn/Sweet Home) paced Fredonia with 20 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Senior Chris Donahue (Olean) and junior Kevin Reichlmayr (Rochester/Aquinas Institute) each finished with six rebounds.
With the game tied 5-5, Cortland went on a 23-6 run over a 12-minute span to take a 28-11 lead. The margin was at 16 with 1:48 left in the half on Maggiacomo's three-pointer, but Fredonia scored six of the last seven points of the half and trailed 37-26 at the break.
Alassari's layup with 13:19 left brought the Blue Devils as close as they would get at 44-39. Cortland led by eight, 55-47, with 3:32 left before finishing the game on a 10-1 streak.
Cortland turned the ball over only five times in the contest compared to Fredonia's 17 turnovers. The Red Dragons shot 45 percent from the field, its lowest total of the season, but held the Blue Devils to 37 percent shooting. Fredonia made on 4-of-18 three-point attempts (22 percent).
SUNY Fredonia vs SUNY Cortland 12/2/05 8 p.m. at Cortland, NY (Corey Gym) SUNY CORTLAND 65, SUNY FREDONIA 48 SUNY FREDONIA (2-3, 0-2 SUNYAC) ALASSARI, Taha 7-17 3-4 20; ANDERSON, Tim 2-7 2-2 6; GORDON, Kyle 3-4 0-0 6; REICHLMAYR, Kevin 2-5 1-1 5; WATKINS, Devin 2-5 0-1 4; DONAHUE, Chris 1-5 0-0 3; KELLY, Mike 0-2 2-2 2; MACK, David 0-1 2-2 2; SMITH, Adam 0-0 0-0 0; MOORE, Matt 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-46 10-12 48. SUNY CORTLAND (4-1, 2-0 SUNYAC) RANIERI, Frank 6-10 3-6 15; MAGGIACOMO, Dave 4-11 2-2 14; HEADLEY, Rod 4-7 5-6 13; TAGGART, Scott 3-6 2-7 8; NALLS, Elbert 2-3 2-2 6; SKRELJA, Simon 2-4 1-2 5; JUTTON, Dave 1-7 0-0 3; FISH, Derrick 0-1 1-4 1; JANKIEWICZ, Michael 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-49 16-29 65. SUNY Fredonia................. 26 22 - 48 SUNY Cortland................. 37 28 - 65 3-point goals-SUNY Fredonia 4-18 (ALASSARI, Taha 3-8; DONAHUE, Chris 1-5; WATKINS, Devin 0-1; KELLY, Mike 0-2; ANDERSON, Tim 0-2), SUNY Cortland 5-16 (MAGGIACOMO, Dave 4-8; JUTTON, Dave 1-7; NALLS, Elbert 0-1). Fouled out--SUNY Fredonia-None, SUNY Cortland-None. Rebounds-SUNY Fredonia 32 (ALASSARI, Taha 8), SUNY Cortland 31 (SKRELJA, Simon 8). Assists-SUNY Fredonia 7 (ALASSARI, Taha 4), SUNY Cortland 10 (SKRELJA, Simon 3). Total fouls-SUNY Fredonia 23, SUNY Cortland 15. A-530