Box Score
ROCHESTER, NY- The men's basketball team closed to within two points with nine seconds left to play, but Clarkson would convert three foul shots in the waning seconds to hold off the Hawks 90-85 in the consolation game of the U of R Holiday Inn/Airport Classic on Sunday afternoon at the Louis Alexander Palestra. The loss drops the Hawks to 3-4 overall while the Golden Knights improve to 4-2.
Four players scored in double figures for Hartwick led by
Joey Lufkin (Argyle, NY/Argyle) who scored 18 points and dished out three assists
. Jared Suderley (Newport, NY/West Canada Valley) and
Justin Pratt (North Kingstown, RI/North Kingstown) both scored 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting. Suderley added nine rebounds while Pratt pulled down four. For Pratt, his 17 points represented a career-high as he made a team-high five three-point shots in the game.
Matt Petruccione (Saratoga Springs, NY/Bishop Maginn) scored 14 points.
Hartwick trailed 8-2 at the 15:26 mark of the first half. A quick five points narrowed the deficit to just one, 8-7, at 14:40. The Golden Knights would expand their lead back to seven, but 'Wick would fight back as it twice got to within one point of tying the game up before eventually knotting the contest at 23-all following a layup from Suderley with 6:10 showing on the game clock.
Hartwick took its first lead of the afternoon since the beginning of the period when
Fernando Vazquez (Babylon, NYBabylon) nailed a trey to put the Hawks ahead 26-23 with 5:13 left in the half. Clarkson answered with a three of its own from Felix Abongo to tie the game for the third time with 4:06 left until halftime. The Golden Knights would go into the locker room with a 36-30 lead over Hartwick.
In the opening minute of the second half, the Hawks got two quick baskets to get to within two points and then Suderley converted Hartwick's first free throw of the game to make it 36-35 Clarkson at 19:00. A 17-8 Golden Knight run increased their lead to nine points, 52-43, at 14:10. A 13-3 Hawk run, however, tied the game at 56-all at 10:44.
Clarkson would start to pull away as it had a 76-66 lead with just 5:06 left in the game. Hartwick knocked that deficit to three points after a three-pointer from Pratt made the score 85-82 with 21 seconds left on the clock. After two free throws from Clarkson's Marques Charlton put the Golden Knights ahead 87-82 with 14 ticks left to play, Lufkin would put up a trey to narrow the Clarkson lead to 87-85 with nine seconds left to play.
After Charlton converted two more free throws to make it a 89-85 with six seconds left, Clarkson called a timeout. The Hawks brought the ball quickly down the court and Lufkin tried to make a three-point shot but it was off the mark and Clarkson retained possession. The Golden Knights converted one of two free throws in the final seconds to ice the game.
The Hawks ended the game with a 40-23 advantage in rebounds. Hartwick did lead Clarkson in second chance points, 26-10, and in bench points, 24-10.
'Wick shot nearly 51% in field goals (34-of-67) while Clarkson hit almost 60% (33-of-59) of its shots. The Hawks attempted a season-high 30 three-point attempts and converted a season-high 12 of them. The Golden Knights were good on 60% (9-of-15) of their three-point attempts.
Charlton led the Golden Knights with 33 points. John Coleman added 20 points and six assists. Abongo chipped in 13 points and seven rebounds while Jeremy Six contributed 10 points, four rebounds, and three steals.
Following the game,
Kyle Bradley (Cornwall, NY/Mansfield University) was named to the All-Tournament Team. He scored eight points and dished out three assists while pulling down six rebounds against Clarkson.
Hartwick returns to Lambros Arena on Tuesday night when it hosts cross-city rival Oneonta State. Game time will be at 8 p.m.
