BROCKPORT, NY — Senior Jerry Cheves (Brockport, NY/Brockport) hit all seven of his 3-point attempts, including four in the second half as the SUNY Brockport Men’s Basketball Team opened up a close game in the second half and raced to a 94-78 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) victory over Geneseo Tuesday night at Tuttle North Gym in Brockport.
Brockport (14-10, 10-5 SUNYAC) led by just one point at the half but shot a sizzling 77 percent from the field (20-of-26) in the second half and extended their lead to as many as 20 points and cruised to the conference victory.
Cheves finished with a career high 27 points and was 10-of-13 from the field for the game. Fellow senior Ben Bellucci (Cicero, NY/Cicero-North Syracuse) hit for 25 points as he connected on 9-of-12 attempts. Also in double digits for the Golden Eagles were Jon Rother (Sodus Point, NY/Sodus) with 11 and Kenny Amparo (Yonkers, NY/Charles E. Gorton) with 10.
Geneseo (11-13, 6-9) was led by Joe Kling (Getzville, NY/St. Joseph’s) and John Papincak (Bemus Point, NYMaple Grove) who each scored 16 points. Scott Morton (Syracuse, NY/Westhill) added 15 for the Knights.
After leading by just one at the half, Brockport went on three small runs in the second half to extend its lead. They opened the second half with a 13-6 run to take a 54-46 advantage. With 9:35 to play, the Golden Eagles had a nine-point lead and went on a 12-3 run to extend the lead to 79-61. Geneseo started to make a come back after dropping behind by 20 with five minute to play and cut the lead to 14 but could not get closer as Cheves hit his seventh 3-pointer of the game with less than three minutes to play to seal the victory.
Newspaper Box Score SUNY Geneseo vs SUNY Brockport 02/14/06 8:00 p.m. at Brockport, NY, Tuttle North Gymnasium At Brockport, NY, Tuttle North Gymnasium SUNY BROCKPORT 94, SUNY GENESEO 78 SUNY GENESEO (11-13;SUNYAC 6-9) KLING, Joe 5-6 5-8 16; PAPINCAK, John 5-13 4-6 16; MORTON, Scott 6-10 0-1 15; BENNETT, Brian 4-7 0-1 10; SCIERA, Scott 3-4 1-2 7; KELLEY, Nick 2-4 0-0 6; KITSON, Tarik 1-5 1-3 3; HOWE, Jeff 1-2 1-2 3; SPEARS, Greg 1-4 0-0 2; KARAM, Manny 0-0 0-0 0; GALLATI, David 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-55 12-23 78. SUNY BROCKPORT (14-10;SUNYAC10-5) CHEVES, Jerry 10-13 0-0 27; BELLUCCI, Ben 9-12 5-6 25; ROTHER, Jon 2-7 7-10 11; AMPARO, Kenny 3-6 4-4 10; WILKES, Mychal 3-4 0-0 8; RUBERTONE, Dan 3-6 2-3 8; MACK, Ian 1-1 1-2 3; ZENKEL, Josh 0-0 2-3 2; HANLON, Jake 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-49 21-28 94. SUNY Geneseo.................. 40 38 - 78 SUNY Brockport................ 41 53 - 94 3-point goals-SUNY Geneseo 10-19 (MORTON, Scott 3-6; KELLEY, Nick 2-4; BENNETT, Brian 2-3; PAPINCAK, John 2-5; KLING, Joe 1-1), SUNY Brockport 11-16 (CHEVES, Jerry 7-7; WILKES, Mychal 2-3; BELLUCCI, Ben 2-4; AMPARO, Kenny 0-1; ROTHER, Jon 0-1). Fouled out--SUNY Geneseo-KITSON, Tarik, SUNY Brockport-RUBERTONE, Dan. Rebounds-SUNY Geneseo 25 (HOWE, Jeff 4; SCIERA, Scott 4; PAPINCAK, John 4), SUNY Brockport 33 (AMPARO, Kenny 7; RUBERTONE, Dan 7). Assists-SUNY Geneseo 18 (KLING, Joe 4; BENNETT, Brian 4; KITSON, Tarik 4), SUNY Brockport 24 (ZENKEL, Josh 7). Total fouls-SUNY Geneseo 24, SUNY Brockport 24. A-250