Freshman Sean Burton (Notre Dame/Yorkville) scored a career-best 20 points and added three assists and three rebounds. Junior forward Sean Stahn (Ardsley/Scarsdale) netted 11 points and senior guard Jim Bellis (Bloomfield Central/East Bloomfield) posted game-best totals of 11 rebounds and four steals. He scored nine points.
Sophomore guard Joe Canori (Webster Thomas/Webster) led three Golden Flyers in double figures, scoring 20 points. Sophomore forward Ryan McAdam (Fairport/Fairport), Nazareth's leading rebounder with nine, added 15 points and Sophomore forward Kyle Nelson (Kingston/Port Ewen) contributed 12.
Newspaper Box Score Nazareth College vs Ithaca College 01/07/06 4 p.m. at Ben Light Gymnasium; Ithaca, N.Y. At Ben Light Gymnasium; Ithaca, N.Y. ITHACA COLLEGE 71, NAZARETH COLLEGE 62 NAZARETH COLLEGE (4-6, 1-1 E8) Joe Canori 7-16 4-5 20; Ryan McAdam 5-14 4-5 14; Kyle Nelson 5-9 2-3 12; Matt Groot 3-8 0-1 7; Tyler Smith 2-3 1-2 5; Caswell Smith 1-4 1-3 3; Justin Fladd 0-0 1-2 1; Jeff DeHimer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-54 13-21 62. ITHACA COLLEGE (4-5, 2-0 E8) Sean BURTON 5-9 6-6 20; Sean STAHN 4-10 3-4 11; Jim BELLIS 4-14 0-2 9; Brian JOE 3-8 0-0 8; Brad CLEMENTE 3-8 0-0 6; Jeff BOSTIC 3-5 0-0 6; Jonathan WHETSTONE 1-2 3-3 5; Dominic SCANLON 1-6 2-2 4; Brendan ROGERS 1-2 0-1 2. Totals 25-64 14-18 71. Nazareth College.............. 25 37 - 62 Ithaca College................ 34 37 - 71 3-point goals-Nazareth College 3-14 (Joe Canori 2-7; Matt Groot 1-5; Ryan McAdam 0-2), Ithaca College 7-24 (Sean BURTON 4-8; Brian JOE 2-7; Jim BELLIS 1-4; Dominic SCANLON 0-4; Brad CLEMENTE 0-1). Fouled out--Nazareth College-Ryan McAdam, Ithaca College-None. Rebounds-Nazareth College 37 (Ryan McAdam 9), Ithaca College 39 (Jim BELLIS 11). Assists-Nazareth College 8 (Kyle Nelson 3), Ithaca College 15 (Jonathan WHETSTONE 4). Total fouls-Nazareth College 17, Ithaca College 20.