Oneonta Rallies For Men's Basketball Win
11/24/2009 9:53:34 PM
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Visiting Oneonta (3-0) scored the game-winning basket with just four seconds left in regulation to beat Ithaca (2-2) Tuesday.
The Red Dragons erased a six-point Ithaca lead in the final 3:27, scoring the game-winning basket after rebounding a missed free throw. The Bombers missed a shot at the buzzer.
Sophomore guard Jordan Marcus (Solomon Schecter/West Orange, N.J.) scored 20 points and sophomore guard Chris Cruz-Rivas (West Genesee/Syracuse) added 18. Three other Bombers reached double figures: junior forward Phil Barera (Belmont/Belmont, Mass.) and freshman guards Eli Maravich (Chartiers Valley/Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Sean Rossi (Sparta/Sparta, N.J.). Maravich's total matched a career high.
Rossi added eight assists. Senior center Tom Brown (Bayport/Bayport-Blue Point) led the Bombers with eight rebounds. Senior guard Will Gaskins (John F. Kennedy Catholic/Yorktown Heights) added nine points off the bench.
The Bombers host Cortland next Tuesday at 8 p.m.
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