January 27, 2006
Men Pick up Home Conference Win
POTSDAM – The men’s basketball team picked up their tenth win of the season over visiting Oneonta 82-63. The Bears stand at 10-7 (5-3) while Oneonta falls to 7-10 (2-7).
Trailing at the half by 4, the Bears took the lead for good at just under 12 minutes remaining on a Brandon Siskavich (Peru/Peru) jumper. Damon Brown (Staten Island/Port Richmond) led the Bears offensively, for the second game in a row, with 18 points in 24 minutes of action. Siskavich followed with 15 points and Scott Mitchell (Brushton/North Country CC) and Alvin Dike (Bronx/Msgr. Scanlon) each added 13 points for Potsdam.
Oneonta’s Sean Coffey (New Paltz/New Paltz) led all scorers in the game with 19 points, 13 of which came in the first half. Josh Wysocki (Hoosick Falls/Hoosick Falls Central) followed with 9 points.
The Bears will be in action again on the 31st at home against SUNYIT beginning at 8pm.