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The SUNY Cobleskill women's basketball team improved to 3-0 overall on the season by defeating the Engineers of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute by a 49-42 margin in Troy, N.Y. on Saturday. Fighting Tiger junior point guard
Taylor Meacham, Berne, N.Y., Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School, led the way to the upset victory over their Liberty League opponent scoring a game high of 11 points to go with seven rebounds, an assist, a steal and a blocked shot on the day.
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The Fighting Tiger men's basketball team dropped 2-of-3 games during the week losing at home on Tuesday evening to the Garnett Chargers of Union College 93-85 prior to defeating the host Soaring Eagles of Elmira College 98-86 on Thursday in Elmira, N.Y. and losing on the road in Plattsburgh, N.Y. on Saturday to the Cardinals of Plattsburgh State by a 73-69 margin. Sophomore guard Kobie Long, Rochester, N.Y., McQuade Jesuit High School, was the team's top performer averaging 23.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game during the week.
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The Fighting Tiger Hunt Seat Equestrian Team posted a team score of 23 points to place seventh in a nine-team field at an Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) event hosted by the Thoroughbreds of Skidmore College at the Van Lennep Riding Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Fighting Tiger athletic teams under the direction of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) conducted a Thanksgiving Food Drive that resulted in the donation of 767 food and personal care items to the Catholic Charities Food Pantry in Cobleskill, N.Y.
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UPCOMING HOME CONTESTS:
Men's Basketball vs. Morrisville State 12/2, Mount Saint Mary's 12/4, Westfield State 12/14
Women's Basketball vs. MCLA 11/20, Morrisville State 12/2, Oneonta State 12/6, Â Westfield State 12/13
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