Cortland (9-4) shot 57 percent in the first half and raced out to a 49-25 halftime lead. Sophomore Dave Jutton (Red Hook) scored all 12 of his points and junior Frank Ranieri (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse) tallied 10 of his 12 points in the first 20 minutes. Jutton shot 5-of-7 from the field and Ranieri was 6-of-9.
Kirchhoff scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half. He finished 7-of-9 from the floor, including 4-of-6 from three-point range. Sophomore Dave Maggiacomo (Pleasant Valley/Arlington) connected on 3-of-4 three-pointers and wrapped up with 11 points in 10 minutes of playing time. Senior Justin O'Garrow (Port Washington/Paul D. Schreiber) added 10 points, five assists and three steals.
Freshman Michael Jankiewicz (Oriskany) scored nine points, six in the first half, for the Red Dragons. Three players – Ranieri, freshman Joe Sargent (Rochester/Rush-Henrietta) and junior Simon Skrelja (Hastings-on-Hudson/Hastings) – grabbed seven rebounds apiece and Kirchhoff had six rebounds.
Cortland made 11-of-22 three-pointers and shot 48 percent overall from the floor. The Red Dragons outrebounded the Spartans, 50-32, and held the hosts to 35 percent shooting.
Ross King (Silver Springs/Letchworth) and Nick Wahl (Holland) led D'Youville (4-11) with 12 points apiece. Justin Cooke (Lanham, MD/Albert Einstein) added eight points and 10 rebounds and Kyle Ward (Lafayette, IN/Central Catholic) dished out six assists.
SUNY Cortland vs D'Youville College 1/17/05 4 p.m. at Buffalo, NY (College Center Gym) SUNY CORTLAND 93, D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE 51 SUNY CORTLAND (9-4) KIRCHHOFF, Brian 7-9 0-0 18; RANIERI, Frank 6-9 0-0 12; JUTTON, Dave 5-7 0-1 12; MAGGIACOMO, Dave 3-4 2-2 11; O'GARROW, Justin 3-7 3-6 10; JANKIEWICZ, Michael 4-9 1-1 9; HEADLEY, Rod 2-5 2-4 6; SCHALLER, Mark 1-2 2-2 5; SKRELJA, Simon 2-5 0-0 4; PERKINS, Chad 2-6 0-0 4; SARGENT, Joe 1-7 0-2 2; DiMARTINO, Danny 0-2 0-0 0; MERRITT, Quentin 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 36-75 10-18 93. D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE (4-10) WAHL, Nick 5-6 2-2 12; KING, Ross 6-15 0-0 12; COOKE, Justin 3-8 2-4 8; MUELLER, Scott 3-10 0-2 8; WARD, Kyle 2-12 1-3 5; GULLEDGE, Albert 0-2 2-2 2; SWYGERT, Reginald 1-1 0-0 2; ARNOLD, A.J. 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 20-58 9-15 51. SUNY Cortland................. 49 44 - 93 D'Youville College............ 25 26 - 51 3-point goals-SUNY Cortland 11-22 (KIRCHHOFF, Brian 4-6; MAGGIACOMO, Dave 3-4; JUTTON, Dave 2-4; SCHALLER, Mark 1-2; O'GARROW, Justin 1-3; SARGENT, Joe 0-1; JANKIEWICZ, Michael 0-2), D'Youville College 2-10 (MUELLER, Scott 2-3; KING, Ross 0-2; WARD, Kyle 0-2; ARNOLD, A.J. 0-3). Fouled out--SUNY Cortland-None, D'Youville College-None. Rebounds-SUNY Cortland 50 (SKRELJA, Simon 7; RANIERI, Frank 7; SARGENT, Joe 7), D'Youville College 32 (COOKE, Justin 10). Assists-SUNY Cortland 16 (O'GARROW, Justin 5), D'Youville College 13 (WARD, Kyle 6). Total fouls-SUNY Cortland 15, D'Youville College 15. A-125