Chambersburg, Pa.: The road proved to be a rocky one for the SUNY Cobleskill men's basketball team on Saturday afternoon as the Fighting Tigers dropped a hard fought 89-81 decision to the host Phoenix of Wilson College in North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) action. With the loss the Fighting Tigers fall to 4-9 overall on the season with a 1-5 record in NEAC action while the Phoenix improve to 9-5 overall on the year with a 3-2 mark in league play.
 
In a game that featured 13 ties and 12 lead changes, Cobleskill tied the contest at 76-76 with 5:25 remaining in regulation when junior forward Anthony McNeil, Gresham, S.C., Union Endicott High School/Broome Community College, scored from short range.
 
However the home team responded by going on a 6-0 run to make it 82-76 with 3:36 left to play from which they never looked back as the Fighting Tigers committed four turnovers and shot only 1-for-4 from the field down the stretch. .
 
Senior swingman Joel Costello, Middleburgh, N.Y., Middleburgh High School/Tompkins-Cortland Community College, led in scoring Cobleskill with 26 points to go with three assists with Anthony McNeil coming off the bench to score a season high of 23 points while grabbing a team high eight rebounds on the afternoon.
 
The Fighting Tigers will next travel to Bryn Athyn, Pa. on Sunday to conclude their weekend road trip with a NEAC game versus the Lions of Bryn Athyn College with tip-off at 1:00 p