Maggiacomo made 4-of-9 three-pointers and continued his run of scoring in double figures in every game this season despite coming off the bench. Taggart recorded 13 rebounds in the first half, and his 19 boards are the highest by a Cortland player since Frank Hodge’s 20 caroms at Oneonta in the 1996-97 season.
Senior Frank Ranieri (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse) finished with 11 points, 12 rebounds and three assists, junior Rod Headley (Peekskill) added 12 points and Taggart finished with nine points.
Senior Kris Gibbs-Smith (Rochester/John Marshall) finished with 13 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots for the Cardinals. Junior Jerrad Dumont (Chateaugay/North Country CC) scored eight points, all in the opening half.
Plattsburgh made four of its first seven three-point attempts, including two by Dumont, and took a 14-5 lead seven minutes into the game. After Cortland closed within 14-13 over the next four minutes, Gibbs-Smith hit a trey to up the lead to four with 8:19 remaining. Plattsburgh, however, did not make a three-pointer the rest of the evening and finished 5-of-23 (22 percent) from behind the arc.
Cortland completed the first half on an 18-4 run and led 31-21 at the break. Headley scored eight points during that stretch, and Maggiacomo completed the run with a steal and three-pointer with 45 seconds left.
Plattsburgh drew as close as 37-32 with 10:52 left in the game on a Gibbs-Smith free throw, but Cortland put the game away with a 13-0 streak over the next four-plus minutes.
SUNY Plattsburgh vs SUNY Cortland 1/20/06 8 p.m. at Cortland, NY (Corey Gym) SUNY CORTLAND 62, SUNY PLATTSBURGH 41 SUNY PLATTSBURGH (8-6, 2-4 SUNYAC) GIBBS-SMITH, Kris 4-14 4-5 13; DUMONT, Jerrad 3-8 0-0 8; HATCH, Brian 2-6 2-3 6; WILLIAMS, Anthony 2-11 0-0 5; DIETZ, Mike 1-4 0-0 3; GORHAM, Travis 1-4 0-0 2; RIDER, Ricky 1-1 0-0 2; MILLER, Antwane 0-4 2-2 2; TRAVERS, Chris 0-0 0-0 0; LOWE, Jared 0-1 0-0 0; NICHOLS, Jerry 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 14-53 8-10 41. SUNY CORTLAND (14-1, 7-0 SUNYAC) MAGGIACOMO, Dave 6-12 1-1 17; HEADLEY, Rod 5-11 2-2 12; RANIERI, Frank 4-11 3-4 11; TAGGART, Scott 3-9 3-4 9; JUTTON, Dave 2-9 2-2 8; O'CONNELL, Bobby 1-1 0-0 3; FISH, Derrick 1-3 0-0 2; SCHALLER, Mark 0-0 0-0 0; NALLS, Elbert 0-2 0-0 0; NIEHOFF, Carson 0-0 0-0 0; MIOLAN, Juan 0-0 0-0 0; SKRELJA, Simon 0-6 0-2 0; MERRITT, Quentin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-64 11-15 62. SUNY Plattsburgh.............. 21 20 - 41 SUNY Cortland................. 31 31 - 62 3-point goals-SUNY Plattsburgh 5-23 (DUMONT, Jerrad 2-6; WILLIAMS, Anthony 1-7; GIBBS-SMITH, Kris 1-6; DIETZ, Mike 1-3; LOWE, Jared 0-1), SUNY Cortland 7-20 (MAGGIACOMO, Dave 4-9; JUTTON, Dave 2-8; O'CONNELL, Bobby 1-1; NALLS, Elbert 0-1; RANIERI, Frank 0-1). Fouled out--SUNY Plattsburgh-None, SUNY Cortland-None. Rebounds-SUNY Plattsburgh 31 (GIBBS-SMITH, Kris 9), SUNY Cortland 51 (TAGGART, Scott 19). Assists-SUNY Plattsburgh 8 (WILLIAMS, Anthony 3), SUNY Cortland 12 (RANIERI, Frank 3). Total fouls-SUNY Plattsburgh 14, SUNY Cortland 13. A-425