Posted: Feb 01, 2014

Mighty Oaks Escape with Close Victory

SUNY ESF

(5-10)

Alfred St.

(2-18)

Final

SUNY ESF (5-10)

Alfred St. (2-18)

Game Leaders

SUNY ESF

Pts: Suthod Young - 24

Reb: Suthod Young - 11

Ast: Danny MacElrath - 5

Alfred St.

Pts: Adam Fezza - 18

Reb: Jared Bard - 8

Ast: Rob Adams - 5

Team Stats

SUNY ESF

Alfred St.

Field Goals

(31-69)

(26-66)

Field Goal %

44.9%

39.4%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Bench Pts

Full stats

Boxscore

Alfred State and SUNY ESF battled back and forth in a tight contest that came down to the wire with the Might Oaks claiming the 81-75 victory. ESF improves to 6-10 on the year.

SUNY ESF led most of the contest but could never shake the Pioneers. The Oaks led 30-28 at half and led by as many as 11 but the Pioneers cut the lead to 74-71 with less than 30 seconds remaining. ESF who struggled most of the day from the foul line hit 7 of their final 8 attempts to seal the victory.

Suthod Young led the Might Oaks with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Danny MacElrath added 13, Sage Beemer chipped in 11, and Ryan Caldwell came off the bench and finished with 10.

Adam Fezza (Southhampton) led the Pioneers with 18 points and seven boards. He finished 4 from 8 from three-point land. Tommy Hutson (Brooklyn/Susan McKinney) added 11 points and seven boards, and Thomas Stein (Caledonia Mumford) added 10 points.

ESF shot 44.9% from the field and was 10 for 22 from beyond the three-point arc. The Pioneers shot 39.4% from the field and was 7 for 23 from thee. Alfred State held a 44 fo 39 advantage on the boards but was slowed down by 20 turnovers.

The Pioneers have a week off before heading to SUNY Canton next Saturday for a 4 p.m. tip-off with the Kangaroos.

Social Media Recap:

Men's Basketball: SUNY ESF 81, Alfred St. 75 (Final) Fezza leads the Pioneers with 18, Hutson adds 11, and Stein chips in 10.
Fezza drains his fourth 3 pointer from down town #rainman
Tavon Moore cuts the lead by 2 as the pioneers attempt to mount a comeback trailing by 9 with 3:35 in the second half #State
Robby Adams sinks the free throw on the and one #3thehardway
Crim Pineda makes a big steal and passes to Charles Ingram putting another 2 points on the board #GrandTheftBasketball
Jared Bard having a big defensive game with 6 boards and 1 block
Tommy Stein puts up the first 2 points of the second half followed by another basket by Tommy Hutson. ESF 36 ASC 32
Men's Basketball: SUNY ESF 30, Alfred St. 28 (Halftime) Fezza and Stein with 8 to lead the Pioneers - Suthod Young with 13 points.
Fezza showing the handles on a drive with a fancy finish #MustBeTheHaircut
Tavon Moore drains both free throws making it a tie game with 2 minutes left in the first #mightycomeback #tmoves
Tommy Hutson sinks his first 3 pointer of the game followed by Adam Fezza hitting his second. ESF 24 ASC 23 #threepointersfordays
Thomas Stein leading the pioneers with 8 points in the first half with 6:50 remeaning
Adam Fezza making it rain from deep, puts up a 3 pointer. #WeLikeYourHairCut
A-State starting to heat up making their last 3 field goals. ESF 14 Alfred 10 #ChopThoseMightyOaks
Rob Adams puts the first two points of the game on the board for A-State with a nice finger roll finish #GRIND #GoPioneer
Hutson, Bard, Adams, Fezza, and Stein to start for the Pioneers
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20 minutes until show time #ASCAthletics #LiveTweeting #AlfredState #SUNYESF pic.twitter.com/sqMYOe47HU