Brockport held a 45-40 edge at the half, but the Cardinals used an 11-4 spurt, capped by a three-pointer from Mike Deitz with 16:29 left in the game to give Plattsburgh a 51-49 edge. The teams traded baskets until Cheves's three-pointer provided the final lead change of the game.
The Golden Eagles followed with another three-pointer from Cheves, and five straight points from Dave Maldonado to push their lead to 66-57, with 9:21 remaining. Plattsburgh used a 10-3 run to narrow the deficit to two points, 69-67, with 6:04 remaining, but SUNY Brockport scored the next five points, and held on for the win.
SUNY Brockport shot a season-high 57.7 percent from the field, and hit a blistering 42.9 percnt of their three-point attempts.
Kenny Amparo paced Brockport offensively, with 24 points, including 17 in the opening half, along with four assists, and four steals. Ben Bellucci recorded 18 points, hitting five of his six free throw attempts, and dished out dour steals. Cheves finished with 19 points and a team-best nine boards
Newspaper Box Score SUNY Brockport vs Plattsburgh State 12/2/05 8:00 pm at Plattsburgh, NY At Plattsburgh, NY SUNY BROCKPORT 85, PLATTSBURGH STATE 79 SUNY BROCKPORT (2-2; SUNYAC 1-1) AMPARO, Kenny 9-10 4-6 24; CHEVES, Jerry 7-13 2-3 19; BELLUCCI, Ben 6-14 5-6 18; MALDONADO, Dave 4-8 2-2 12; MACK, Ian 1-2 3-4 5; RUBERTONE, Dan 2-4 0-2 4; ZENKEL, Josh 1-1 0-1 3. Totals 30-52 16-24 85. PLATTSBURGH STATE (2-2; SUNYAC 1-1) Mike Dietz 9-13 0-0 23; Travis Gorham 6-9 5-10 17; Antwane Miller 5-13 1-3 11; Brian Hatch 3-6 2-3 8; Anthony Williams 3-8 0-0 7; Jerrad Dumont 3-10 0-0 7; Jared Lowe 1-4 0-0 3; Kris Gibbs-Smith 1-5 0-0 3; Ricky Rider 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-68 8-16 79. SUNY Brockport................ 45 40 - 85 Plattsburgh State............. 40 39 - 79 3-point goals-SUNY Brockport 9-17 (CHEVES, Jerry 3-7; MALDONADO, Dave 2-3; AMPARO, Kenny 2-2; BELLUCCI, Ben 1-4; ZENKEL, Josh 1-1), Plattsburgh State 9-24 (Mike Dietz 5-7; Jerrad Dumont 1-4; Kris Gibbs-Smith 1-3; Anthony Williams 1-3; Jared Lowe 1-4; Antwane Miller 0-3). Fouled out--SUNY Brockport-None, Plattsburgh State-Jerrad Dumont. Rebounds-SUNY Brockport 29 (CHEVES, Jerry 9), Plattsburgh State 39 (Travis Gorham 10). Assists-SUNY Brockport 24 (MACK, Ian 7), Plattsburgh State 17 (Antwane Miller 4). Total fouls-SUNY Brockport 15, Plattsburgh State 18. A-455