CORTLAND, N.Y. – Chad Burridge (Hannibal) led six Oswego double-figure scorers with 18 points as the nationally 22nd-ranked Lakers defeated Cortland, 84-65. Oswego won its 27th straight SUNYAC regular-season game and is now 17-3 overall and 13-0 in the conference. Cortland drops to 14-6 overall and is now in third place in the league with a 9-4 mark, one game behind Buffalo State.

Burridge also finished with six rebounds and five blocked shots. Sean Michele (East Rochester) and Hayden Ward (Montauk/East Hampton) scored 12 points each, Conor Monaghan (Brooklyn/Xavier) tallied 11 points, and Chris Gilkes (Syracuse/Fowler) and Ryan Sheridan (Blauvelt/Tappan Zee) finished with 10 points each. Michele hit 4-of-5 three-pointers and led the team with five assists. Ward grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.

Junior Brian Manning (Elmira/Southside) led Cortland with 11 points. He made 3-of-6 three-pointers. Junior Jesse Winter (Rockville Centre/South Side) finished with nine points, while junior Harrison Hefele (Greenlawn/Friends Academy) and sophomore Garen Spendjian (Glen Cove) recorded seven points each. Hefele led the team with six rebounds and Spendjian finished with a career-best five boards.

Oswego trailed only once at 1-0 with 18:48 left in the first half. The Red Dragons were down 11-10 after a Manning three-pointer with 13:57 left, but the Lakers scored the next 11 points on three-pointers by Michele, Gilkes and Burridge and a Burridge layup to take a 22-10 lead with 9:48 remaining.

Cortland cut a 20-point deficit with 3:21 left in the half to a 48-33 game at halftime. The Red Dragons then opened the second half with a Hefele layup and a Winter three-pointer and were within 10 points with 18:14 on the clock.

The guests called timeout, then went on a 13-0 run over the next three-plus minutes. Monaghan scored five points and set up a Burridge dunk during the decisive run. Oswego's lead grew as high as 75-42 with 10 minutes remaining before Cortland finished the game on a 23-9 spurt.

Oswego shot 52 percent from the field and 61 percent (11-of-18) from three-point range. The Lakers also made all 15 of their free throws. Cortland shot 44 percent from the three-point line (8-of-18) but only 35 percent overall from the floor.

Cortland will travel to New Paltz on Friday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. and to Oneonta on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 4 p.m. for SUNYAC games.