Senior Simon Skrelja (Hastings-on-Hudson/Hastings), making his first start of the season, added 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists for the Red Dragons. Senior Frank Ranieri (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse) scored 12 points and dished out four assists and freshman Juan Miolan (Troy) pumped in a career-best nine points in 14 minutes of action.
Senior Tim Anderson (Jamestown) led Fredonia with 15 points and also had four assists. Senior Chris Donahue (Olean) scored 11 points and junior Taha Alassari (Brooklyn/Sweet Home) finished with seven assists and six rebounds.
Cortland raced out to a 14-3 lead, including six points by Skrelja, six minutes into the game. The Red Dragons led by as many as 18 points in the half and were ahead 39-23 at halftime. Jutton made 5-of-5 shots in the first half, all three-pointers, as he scored 15 of his 20 points in the opening period.
Fredonia got back to within seven at 53-46 following a 7-0 run, capped by a Devin Watkins (Franklinville) layup with 6:05 remaining. Jutton, however, canned a three-pointer with 5:37 left, Skrelja made two free throws at the 3:50 mark and Rod Headley (Peekskill) hit a jumper with 3:04 remaining to give Cortland a 60-46 lead.
SUNY Cortland vs SUNY Fredonia 2/18/06 8 p.m. at Fredonia, NY (Steele Hall) SUNY CORTLAND 73, SUNY FREDONIA 53 SUNY CORTLAND (22-3,14-2 SUNYAC) JUTTON, Dave 6-7 2-2 20; SKRELJA, Simon 4-8 5-6 13; RANIERI, Frank 5-10 2-2 12; MIOLAN, Juan 4-8 0-0 9; MAGGIACOMO, Dave 2-6 0-0 6; NIEHOFF, Carson 2-7 0-0 5; HEADLEY, Rod 2-5 0-0 4; SARGENT, Joe 1-1 2-2 4; O'CONNELL, Bobby 0-0 0-0 0; JANKIEWICZ, Michael 0-0 0-0 0; FISH, Derrick 0-0 0-0 0; CUDDAHEE, Kevin 0-0 0-0 0; MERRITT, Quentin 0-1 0-0 0; SCHALLER, Mark 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 26-57 11-12 73. SUNY FREDONIA (9-16,4-12 SUNYAC) ANDERSON, Tim 4-9 6-6 15; DONAHUE, Chris 4-9 0-0 11; WATKINS, Devin 3-10 2-2 9; ALASSARI, Taha 1-5 3-4 6; GORDON, Kyle 3-6 0-0 6; KELLY, Mike 2-6 0-0 4; MACK, David 1-1 0-0 2; MILLER, Robert 0-0 0-0 0; MOORE, Matt 0-0 0-0 0; KENSY, Mike 0-2 0-0 0; HARRIS, Dan 0-1 0-0 0; REICHLMAYR, Kevin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-49 11-12 53. SUNY Cortland................. 39 34 - 73 SUNY Fredonia................. 23 30 - 53 3-point goals-SUNY Cortland 10-21 (JUTTON, Dave 6-7; MAGGIACOMO, Dave 2-4; MIOLAN, Juan 1-2; NIEHOFF, Carson 1-3; SCHALLER, Mark 0-3; HEADLEY, Rod 0-1; RANIERI, Frank 0-1), SUNY Fredonia 6-22 (DONAHUE, Chris 3-7; ALASSARI, Taha 1-3; WATKINS, Devin 1-3; ANDERSON, Tim 1-4; KENSY, Mike 0-1; HARRIS, Dan 0-1; KELLY, Mike 0-3). Fouled out--SUNY Cortland-None, SUNY Fredonia-ANDERSON, Tim. Rebounds-SUNY Cortland 33 (SKRELJA, Simon 8), SUNY Fredonia 29 (GORDON, Kyle 6; ALASSARI, Taha 6). Assists-SUNY Cortland 15 (RANIERI, Frank 4; SKRELJA, Simon 4), SUNY Fredonia 13 (ALASSARI, Taha 7). Total fouls-SUNY Cortland 9, SUNY Fredonia 14. A-450