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February 17, 2006
  

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Utica 77, Ithaca 71

ITHACA, N.Y. — Visiting Utica (18-5, 9-3 Empire 8) used a 22-8 second-half run to secure a 77-71 win Friday night. Despite the loss, the Bombers (11-12, 7-5 Empire 8) clinched a berth in the Empire 8 Championship Tournament thanks to Nazareth's loss to St. John Fisher.

Senior guard Jim Bellis (Bloomfield/East Bloomfield) led the Bombers with 25 points. Senior forward Brian Andruskiewicz (Montville/Oakdale, Conn.) added 14 points and eight rebounds and senor guard Jonathan Whetstone (Palo Alto/Palo Alto, Calif.) scored 10 points and added eight rebounds.

Junior forward Ray Bryant (Manhattan Center/Utica) scored a game-high 27 points for the Pioneers -- including a 12-for-12 showing from the free-throw line. Utica, who clinched the second seed for next weekend's Empire 8 Championship Tournament, converted 19 of 22 free throws. Freshman guard Doug Herring (Poughkeepsie/Newburgh) scored 16 points; senior guard Justin Cichon (New Hartford/New Hartford) and senior forward Willie Lucas (Nazareth/Brooklyn) added 11 apiece.


Newspaper Box Score
Utica vs Ithaca College
02/17/06 8 p.m. at Ben Light Gymnasium (Ithaca, N.Y.)
At Ben Light Gymnasium (Ithaca, N.Y.)
UTICA 77, ITHACA COLLEGE 71
UTICA (18-5, 9-3 E8)
Bryant, Ray 7-12 12-12 27; Herring, Doug 6-11 2-3 16; Cichon, Justin 3-6 2-2
11; Lucas, Willie 4-8 1-3 11; Brown, Shawn 3-4 0-0 6; Munch, Dennis 2-4 0-0
4; Collier, Brian 0-2 2-2 2; Bitetto, Chris 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-48 19-22
77.
ITHACA COLLEGE (11-12, 7-5 E8)
Jim BELLIS 8-15 4-4 25; Brian ANDRUSKIEWICZ 6-13 2-2 14; Jonathan WHETSTONE
4-10 0-2 10; Brian JOE 3-8 0-0 8; Sean STAHN 3-7 1-3 7; Jeff BOSTIC 2-3 1-3
5; Brendan ROGERS 1-1 0-0 2; Brad CLEMENTE 0-1 0-0 0; Brian KERN 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 27-58 8-14 71.
Utica.........................   27   50  -   77
Ithaca College................   29   42  -   71
3-point goals-Utica 8-14 (Cichon, Justin 3-4; Lucas, Willie 2-2; Herring,
Doug 2-4; Bryant, Ray 1-3; Collier, Brian 0-1), Ithaca College 9-24 (Jim
BELLIS 5-9; Jonathan WHETSTONE 2-5; Brian JOE 2-7; Brian ANDRUSKIEWICZ 0-3).
Fouled out--Utica-None, Ithaca College-None. Rebounds-Utica 26 (Bryant, Ray
8), Ithaca College 33 (Brian ANDRUSKIEWICZ 8). Assists-Utica 13 (Munch,
Dennis 4), Ithaca College 13 (Jonathan WHETSTONE 8). Total fouls-Utica 12,
Ithaca College 20.


News release submitted by Ithaca on Feb 17, 2006 at 10:49 PM
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