Oneonta, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill men's basketball team dropped a 90-81 decision to host Hartwick College on Saturday afternoon in the finale of the 2016 Holiday Inn Tip-off Classic hosted by the Hawks at Lambros Arena. With the loss the Fighting Tigers fall to 0-3 overall on the year while the Hawks improve their overall record to 2-1 on the season. 

Trailing 45-40 at the half the Fighting Tigers suffered an ice cold start to the second half that saw the Hawks go on a 15-3 run to open the period and put the game away as Cobleskill could come no closer than eight points the rest of the way.

Senior guard Quincey Miller, Brooklyn, N.Y., Lafayette High School/Potomac College, scored a team high 21 points to go with eight rebounds and three assists for the Fighting Tigers while . junior guard Malik Chambers, West Point, N.Y., James I. O'Neil High School, added 16 points on the day. Senior guard Joel Costello, Middleburgh, N.Y., Middleburgh High School/Tompkins-Cortland Community College, continued his strong early season play with 13 points and eight rebounds while sophomore guard Kahleel Taylor, Bronx, N.Y., St. Raymond's High School, notched a career high of 11 points in the contest.

Cobleskill will return to action on Saturday November 26^th when they travel to Schenectady, N.Y. to meet the host Union College in the opening round of the 2016 Sig Makofski Invitational with tip-off for 4:00 p.m. at the Dutchmen's Viniar Athletic Center .