Aurora, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill men's basketball team opened the second semester portion of their schedule on Saturday afternoon on the road falling to host Wells College in North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) play by a score of 66-50. With the loss Cobleskill falls to 0-11 overall including a 0-5 record in NEAC action while The Express improves to 8-3 overall including a perfect 6-0 league record.
Leading by a 30-27 margin at halftime the Fighting Tigers could not sustain their offensive output in the second half connecting on only 8-of-32 attempts, 25.0%, including 2-for-13, 15.4%, from three-point range.
Junior guard
Malik Chambers, West Point, N.Y., James I. O'Neil High School, led Cobleskill with 16 points and nine rebounds while senior swingman
Joel Costello, Middleburgh, N.Y., Middleburgh High School/Tompkins-Cortland Community College, had 10 points to go with six rebounds. Senior guard
Brian Jackson, Bronx, N.Y., Global Enterprise Academy, returned to the line-up to register 10 points and five rebounds in his first action of the year.
The Fighting Tigers will close out their NEAC western New York road-trip on Sunday afternoon, January 15
th, when they travel to Keuka Park, N.Y. to meet the Wolves of Keuka College with tip-off at 2:00 p.m.