News Release

BROCKPORT, NY — Senior Ben Bellucci scored 21 of his game-high 34 points in the second half and Jerry Cheves hit four consecutive 3-pointers as the SUNY Brockport Men’s Basketball Team turned an eight-point second half deficit around with an 88-85 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) victory over Buffalo State Friday night in Tuttle North Gym in Brockport.

Brockport (7-7, 3-2 SUNYAC) trailed by eight with 16 minutes left in the second half when Cheves exploded for four straight 3-point shots over a three-minute stretch to bring the Golden Eagles into a 60-60 tie with the Bengals (9-6, 3-3 SUNYAC). The score bounced back and forth over the next six minutes before Brockport took the lead for good at 72-21 with just over seven minutes left to play.

Brockport led by as many as seven down the stretch but Buffalo State cut the lead to 2 with 57 seconds left before a Bellucci driving layup gave the Golden Eagles a four-point advantage with under 20 seconds left.

Cheves finished with 12 points while John Rother chipped in 16 and Kenny Amparo added 15.

Newspaper Box Score
Buffalo State vs SUNY Brockport
01-20-06 8 p.m. at Tuttle North Gym - Brockport, NY
At Tuttle North Gym - Brockport, NY
SUNY BROCKPORT 88, BUFFALO STATE 85
BUFFALO STATE (9-6, 3-3)
GRIGGS, Dante 10-13 0-1 20; JONES, Gregg 7-18 4-4 19; HEPBURN, Charles 7-10
1-1 16; MOZELLE, Dion 5-14 0-0 10; GUIDEN, Carlton 4-6 1-2 9; McNAIR, Lester
1-3 3-4 5; TIRADO, Jobany 2-2 0-0 4; LANGLEY, Joe 1-3 0-0 2; IRWIN, Anthony
0-0 0-1 0; BUCZEK, Caleb 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-69 9-13 85.
SUNY BROCKPORT (7-7, 3-2)
BELLUCCI, Ben 12-18 6-7 34; ROTHER, John 7-13 2-3 16; AMPARO, Kenny 6-8 2-2
15; CHEVES, Jerry 4-10 0-0 12; WILKES, Mychal 2-6 1-3 6; ZENKEL, Josh 2-3
0-0 5; RUBERTONE, Dan 0-3 0-2 0; MACK, Ian 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-61 11-17 88.
Buffalo State.................   46   39  -   85
SUNY Brockport................   38   50  -   88
3-point goals-Buffalo State 2-13 (JONES, Gregg 1-7; HEPBURN, Charles 1-4;
GUIDEN, Carlton 0-1; McNAIR, Lester 0-1), SUNY Brockport 11-22 (BELLUCCI,
Ben 4-5; CHEVES, Jerry 4-9; WILKES, Mychal 1-5; ZENKEL, Josh 1-1; AMPARO,
Kenny 1-1; RUBERTONE, Dan 0-1). Fouled out--Buffalo State-None, SUNY
Brockport-None. Rebounds-Buffalo State 36 (GRIGGS, Dante 9), SUNY Brockport
30 (BELLUCCI, Ben 7). Assists-Buffalo State 24 (MOZELLE, Dion 5; GUIDEN,
Carlton 5), SUNY Brockport 21 (WILKES, Mychal 5). Total fouls-Buffalo State
18, SUNY Brockport 15. A-200