Medaille Sports

As Mother Nature wreaked havoc outside, the Medaille College men’s basketball team did the same inside the Sullivan Center, as they avenged an earlier overtime loss with a (71-60) win over Pitt-Bradford.  The Mavs led for all but (2:23) in this one, going up by as many as (13) points on several occassions.  However, the Panthers would not go away quietly as they pulled to within four points (54-50) with (10:33) remaining in regulation. The Mavs would score seven straight points after that and squash any hopes that the Panthers had of a comeback.  In the crucial conference victory the Mavs received quality performances from several  players.  Leading the way was junior, guard, Keith Hack (Hopewell Junction, NY/John Jay) who finished with a game high (16) points to go along with (6) boards.  A pair of sophomores shined for the Mavs as Ron Malicki (Machias, NY/Pioneer) (pictured) and Ricky Reed (Rochester, NY/Rush-Henrietta) each dropped in (14) points, with Malicki tying a career high with (7) rebounds.  The win moves Medaille to (13-5) overall and they remain atop the AMCC standings at (8-3).  The Mavs will head to Frostburg State University on Saturday (1/31) for a 3:00pm conference tilt.