Oneonta, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill men's basketball team suffered a 94-73 defeat to SUNY Oneonta on Friday evening to SUNY Oneonta in the opening round of the 2016 Holiday Inn Tip-off Classic hosted by Hartwick College at the Hawks Lambros Arena. The loss drops the Fighting Tigers to 0-2 overall on the campaign while the Red Dragons improve to 1-0 on the campaign.  

A slow start proved to be the Fighting Tigers undoing in the contest as Cobleskill trailed 53-33 at the half and could come no closer than 17 points in the second half as the Red Dragons used their experienced roster to their advantage.

Senior guard Quincey Miller, Brooklyn, N.Y., Lafayette High School/Potomac College, scored a team high 22 points to lead the visitors who also received 14 points, six rebounds, five steals and three assists from senior guard Joel Costello, Middleburgh, N.Y., Middleburgh High School/Tompkins-Cortland Community College. Junior guard Malik Chambers, West Point, N.Y., James I. O'Neil High School, chipped in 14 points on the night for the Orange & Black.

Cobleskill will close out the event on Saturday afternoon when they return to the Lambros Arena to meet the host Hawks of Hartwick College in the day's finale with tip-off at 4:00 p.m.