February 4, 2005
Potsdam Men Hold Off Cortland 67-64
Junior Clayton reaches milestone
Potsdam, NY – The Potsdam Bears defeated Cortland 67-64 in regulation.
The Bears improve to 18-1 (9-1) while Cortland drops to 11-8 (6-4).
On a night when Junior Clayton (Albany/Manhattan College) scored his
1,000th career point, the Bears pulled out another win on their home
court. Leading the Bears was Jim Connelly (Cayuga/Union Springs) with 12
points. Edane Barton (Spring Valley/Colgate U.) finished with a
double-double, recording 10 points and 10 boards. Eldon Harris
(Albany/Albany High) added 11 points. Junior Clayton becomes only the
16th player in Potsdam Men’s Basketball history to reach the 1,000 point
milestone. He finished with 8 total points.
Cortland had strong games from Frank Ranieri (Cicero/Cicero-North High)
with 18 points, Dave Jutton (Red Hook/Red Hook) with 12 points, and Justin
O’Garrow (Port Washington/Paul D. Schreiber) with 10 points.
The Bears will travel to SUNYIT on the 8th. Game time is 8PM.
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