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Kevin Felasco - Men's Basketball
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68
Hartwick WICK 3-7/2-3 E8
72
Winner Russell Sage College RSCMBB 3-9/1-4 E8
Hartwick WICK
3-7/2-3 E8
68
Final
72
Russell Sage College RSCMBB
3-9/1-4 E8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Hartwick WICK 33 35 68
Russell Sage College RSCMBB 28 44 72

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Felasco Drops Career-High 25 in Final Second Loss at Sage

ALBANY, N.Y. – The Hawks fell in a heartbreaker on Tuesday night as the Gators rallied back from seven points down to take the lead on free throws with one second remaining on the clock to claim the Empire 8 win.
 
THE BASICS
 
  • Final Score: Hartwick 68, Sage 72
  • Location: Albany, N.Y.
  • Records: Hartwick (3-7 Overall, 2-3 Empire 8), Sage (3-9 Overall, 1-4 Empire 8)
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
 
  • Sage doubled up the Hawks 12-6 just under 7 minutes into the contest, forcing the Hawks into a timeout.
  • Out of that timeout, Hartwick cut the Gator's lead to three with a three-pointer in the corner from Bobby Connors (Rockville Centre, N.Y.).
  • The Hawks knotted the score at 14-14 mid-way through the first half.
  • Sage pulled away once more, but Hartwick stayed on their heels, eventually tying the score at 21-21 with back-to-back layups from Jeremiah Boateng (Springfield, Va.).
  • Cooper Francis (Lynbrook, N.Y.) put the Hawks up 24-23 with a streaking layup followed by an and-one with just over five minutes remaining in the half.
  • Hartwick would stay ahead from there, taking a 33-28 lead into halftime.
  • The Hawks stayed ahead of an early Sage push in the second half as Sammuel Prosper (Milford, Mass.) and Kevin Felasco (Liverpool, N.Y.) got hot from behind the arc.
  • Hartwick looked to pull away through the middle minutes of the second half, but the Gators kept hanging around, not allowing the Hawks' to extend their lead beyond seven points.
  • Sage eventually caught up to Hartwick, tying the game 55-55 with just over six minutes left in the contest.
  • The contest went back and forth from there with six lead changes over those last six minutes of play.
  • The teams would end up deadlocked at 68-68 with seven seconds left on the clock.
  • Sage inbounded the ball and took it end line to end line where Todd Williamson would be fouled with one second left on the clock.
  • Williamson went on to make both free throws to take a 70-68 lead.
  • After a quick Hartwick turnover, Prosper fouled Jackson Brown to conserve time on the clock, but Brown made both to ice the game 72-68.
  • Felasco ended the game with a career-high 25 points.
  • Boateng added 18 points, while Francis completed the double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
 
UP NEXT FOR THE HAWKS
 
Hartwick returns home this weekend for a pair of Empire 8 contests beginning with Houghton University on Friday, January 13 at 7:30 PM.
 
HARTWICK COLLEGE
 
One of the oldest colleges in the country, Hartwick has continually evolved for 225 years. The College's exciting new chapter is called FlightPath, a future-focused approach to education. Offering a distinctive blend of curricular, co-curricular and real-world work experiences, FlightPath builds on Hartwick's long history of integrating broad-based studies with experiential learning.
 
Hartwick College is a nationally ranked independent college of the arts and sciences located in picturesque Oneonta, NY, in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains. The College offers 35 courses of study leading to a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree, two master's degrees in the sciences, and a graduate certificate in nursing education. For more information, visit www.Hartwick.edu.
 
 
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