Hartwick held tough throughout the first half, and trailed just 38-36 at halftime as Hawks’ freshman guard Jan Cocozziello (New Hampton/Westfield, NJ) scored 19 of his game high 25 points in the opening stanza.
The Cardinals opened the first seven minutes of second half with a 23-7 run to take control of the game. Junior center Dan McSweeney (Marcellus/Marcellus, N.Y.) scored nine points in that span to fuel the Fisher run.
McSweeney finished with 19 and senior guard Pete Gillett (Perry/Perry, N.Y.) added 12 for the cardinals, which improve to 8-2, 2-0 in the Empire 8.
Hartwick falls under .500 for the first time since the season-opener with a 6-7 mark and an 0-2 record in the Empire 8. Cocozziello led Hartwick with his career-high 25 points. Freshman forward Anthony Brown (North Division/Milwaukee, Wis.) added 10 points.
Hartwick will be back in action next Friday, hosting Utica College in a 8:00 p.m. Empire 8 conference game.
ST. JOHN FISHER 90, HARTWICK COLLEGE 64 ST. JOHN FISHER (8-2, 2-0 E8) Mike McGee 7-11 0-0 20; Dan McSweeney 8-11 3-5 19; Pete Gillett 4-5 2-2 12; Nick Bennett 3-6 1-2 9; Raymie Auman 4-5 1-1 9; Justin Beigel 3-5 0-0 6; Isaiah Smalt 1-3 1-1 3; Sean O'Brien 0-2 2-2 2; John Huetter 1-1 0-0 2; Dan Mueller 1-2 0-1 2; Mark Bearden 1-2 0-0 2; Nick Muhlenkamp 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-54 14-18 90. HARTWICK COLLEGE (6-7, 0-2 E8) COCOZZIELLO, Jan 8-14 6-6 25; BROWN, Anthony 3-4 3-4 10; BEAULIEU, A.J. 2-3 2-2 7; MacKENZIE, Josh 1-3 3-4 6; HULICK, Albe 2-2 0-0 5; BANKOWSKI, Greg 1-1 2-2 4; DUNNIGAN, Pat 2-5 0-0 4; KINDLON, Tim 1-6 0-0 3; MONTANA, John 0-2 0-0 0; LANFEAR, Alex 0-2 0-0 0; DILLS, Jeff 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 20-45 16-18 64. St. John Fisher............... 38 52 - 90 Hartwick College.............. 36 28 - 64 |3-point goals-St. John Fisher 10-21 (Mike McGee 6-9; Pete Gillett 2-3; Nick Bennett 2-5; Sean O'Brien 0-2; Dan Mueller 0-1; Raymie Auman 0-1), Hartwick College 8-17 (COCOZZIELLO, Jan 3-5; BROWN, Anthony 1-2; HULICK, Albe 1-1; MacKENZIE, Josh 1-1; KINDLON, Tim 1-3; BEAULIEU, A.J. 1-2; MONTANA, John 0-2; DUNNIGAN, Pat 0-1). Fouled out--St. John Fisher-None, Hartwick College-None. Rebounds-St. John Fisher 26 (Justin Beigel 6), Hartwick College 24 (BROWN, Anthony 4; DILLS, Jeff 4). Assists-St. John Fisher 24 (Sean O'Brien 9), Hartwick College 6 (KINDLON, Tim 2). Total fouls-St. John Fisher 17, Hartwick College 16. A-125