Ithaca (13-12, 9-5 Empire 8), the third seed for this weekend's Empire 8 Championship Tournament at St. John Fisher, will face second-seeded Utica in an 8:30 p.m. semifinal Friday.
Elmira finishes its season 3-22 and 0-14 in the Empire 8. The Soaring Eagles have lost 15 straight conference games.
Senior guard Jim Bellis (Bloomfield/East Bloomfield) led the Bombers with 19 points and added four steals and three assists. Bellis, who ranks 10th on the program's career scoring list, raised his career total to 1,176 points; he's 21 points away from moving into seventh.
Sophomore forwards Dominick Scanlon (Oswego/Oswego) and Sean Stahn (Ardsley/Scarsdale) scored 18 and 10 points, respectively, off the bench. Scanlon's total was a career high.
Senior center Micah Owens (Elmira Southside/Elmira) recorded a double-double for Elmira, collecting game-high totals of 23 points and 13 rebounds. He made nine of 11 shots from the floor.