Cobleskill, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill men's basketball team returned to the Iorio Gymnasium on Tuesday evening to drop a 79-57 decision to the visiting Wildcats of Cazenovia College in North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) action. With the loss the Fighting Tigers fall to 2-13 overall including a 2-7 NEAC record while the Wildcats improve to 2-13 overall with a 2-6 conference record.
Once again turnovers and a cold shooting second half proved to be the Fighting Tigers undoing as the Orange & Black committed 26 miscues in the contest which led to 25 points for the visitor's while managing to connect on only 12-of-39, 30.8%, from the field and managing to connect on only 2-of-7, 28.6%, of their free throw attempts in the period.
Senior swingman
Brian Jackson, Bronx, N.Y., Global Enterprise Academy, led the team in scoring with 20 points to go with five rebounds and two assists in the contest with senior guard
Joel Costello, Middleburgh, N.Y., Tompkins-Cortland Community College, chipping in eight points and six assists on the evening.
The Orange & Black will next host the College of Saint Elizabeth in NEAC action on Saturday January 28
th at the Iorio Gymnasium as part of a men's/women's doubleheader with tip-off of the women's game at 1:00 p.m. followed by the men's game at 3:00 p.m.