Medaille Sports

The Medaille College men’s basketball team received huge contributions off their bench to outlast AMCC foe, Mt. Aloysius College (85-74) in their second straight conference road game.  The Mavs got (62) points from their reserves in a game that saw the score tied eleven times with the same number of lead changes, Mt. Aloysius received (17) points off the bench.  It is the first AMCC win this season for the Mavs as they are now (1-1) in conference play.  The Mavs found themselves down (69-66) with (5:52) remaining in the second half when junior, Keith Hack (Hopewell Junction, NY/John Jay) buried a three pointer to pull the Mavs even at (69-69).  Hack finished the game tied with a team high (16) points.  The Mavs would take the lead for good on a layup by Ricky Reed (Rochester, NY/Rush-Henrietta) with (4:34) to play.  From that point on Medaille used clutch shooting from the charity stripe to extend their lead and secure the victory.  In the final (56) seconds of the game the Mavs connected on (10 of 12) from the free throw line.  The biggest contributor off the bench for Medaille was sophomore, Ron Malicki (Machias, NY/Pioneer)(pictured), who finished with (16) points on (6 of 9) shooting from the floor, while pulling down (7) boards, five of which were on the offensive glass.  The win moves the Mavs to (5-1) on the year and they will host Fredonia State on Thursday (12/11) for a 7:00pm tipoff.