Box Score
SCHENECTADY, NY- Two Union turnovers in the final minute turned into key points for Hartwick as the men's basketball team went on a 7-0 run to pull away for a 76-65 victory over the Dutchmen on Tuesday night at the Viniar Athletic Center. The victory improves Hartwick's record to 3-2 while Union falls to 0-3.
Jared Suderley (Newport, NY/West Canada Valley) led the Hawks with 22 points and pulled down nine rebounds.
Joey Lufkin (Argyle, NY/Argyle) scored 16 points.
Matt Wilson (Shelton, CT/Franklin and Marshall) came off the bench and added 14 points, eight rebounds, and two blocks.
Kyle Bradley (Cornwall, NY/Mansfield University) added nine points, seven rebounds, four assists, two steals, and two blocks.
"It was a good team victory," said head coach
Todd McGuinness after the game. "We came out with better energy and effort than we did on Sunday. Matt did a good job of moving around the basket and
Mike Geisser (East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park) stepped up and hit some big shots."
Union scored the opening basket of the game but the Hawks quickly responded with five straight points to go ahead 5-2 at 18:06 of the first half. The Dutchmen briefly took the lead just inside of 16 minutes remaining in the half, but the Hawks would go on a 17-6 run to surge ahead 22-12 with 8:18 showing on the clock.
Union cut the 'Wick lead to five but the Hawks would restore the 10 point lead with layups by Lufkin and Suderley and a free throw by Wilson to go ahead 27-17 at 6:04. The Dutchmen rallied to get within four points, 33-29, following a three-pointer from Terell Winney with 1:41 showing on the clock. Two free throws from Winney were sandwiched by two Wilson layups as the Hawk lead would stand at 35-29 with just over a minute until halftime. With 31 seconds left, Union's Kevin Weckworth made the first of two free attempts and 'Wick went into the locker room with a 35-30 lead.
Hartwick increased its lead less than a minute into the second half when Suderley hit a trey to put the Hawks ahead 38-30. 'Wick still had 42-34 advantage at 18:08 but a 10-0 run by Union would give it its first lead since 16:27 of the first half.
The two teams would exchange baskets as the score remained close. The Dutchmen took their final lead of the night after a free throw from Brian DeBisschop gave the home team a 47-46 advantage with 9:44 showing on the game clock.
Hartwick regained the lead on a layup from Wilson at 9:23. The Hawks would go up by as much as six points at 7:28 but Union again rallied and trailed only 56-55 at 5:21.
The game was knotted up at 62-all with 3:27 remaining in the second stanza. The Hawks, however, went on a 14-3 run in the end to pull away from the Dutchmen.
After a three and a layup from Lufkin put 'Wick ahead by five, 67-62 at 2:42, a layup from Suderley pushed the advantage to seven at 1:22. After a free throw from Winney, Bradley hit two free throws with 47 seconds remaining to give Hartwick a 71-63 lead. Bradley then forced a Union turnover that he turned into two Hartwick points and then Suderley forced another Union turnover and dunked the ball with 29 seconds left to cement the Hawks' win.
Suderley scored 18 points in the second half to lead the Hawks to victory. Hartwick hit 48.5 % (16-of-33) of its field goals in the period compared to 36.4 % (12-of-33) for Union. The Hawks finished with the same percentage of shots made as the Dutchmen converted nearly 33% of their total shots.
Union ended the game with a slight edge in rebounds, 48-42. Hartwick blocked a total of six shots and led in points in the paint, 44-30.
Winney led the Dutchmen with 19 points. William Hython added 11 points.
The Hawks will next compete in the University of Rochester Holiday Inn/Airport Tournament this weekend. Hartwick will face Mount Union at 6 p.m. on Saturday in the first game while the host Yellowjackets will take on Clarkson at 8 p.m.
