Medaille Sports

The Medaille College men’s basketball team hosted Brock University for an exhibition game in the Sullivan Center this evening.  The visitors from Canada were playing in their seventh game of the season while the Mavs had just a handful of practices under their belts.  Despite the discrepancy in preparation time the Mavs held on to beat the Badgers (80-71) in an up tempo affair.  The Mavs fell behind in the opening minutes of the game before taking control at the halfway point of the opening stanza.  A feverish run capped by a fast break layup at the buzzer by Brock would see the teams knotted (38-38) at the break.  The Mavs would make the necessary adjustments in the locker room as they controlled the majority of play in the second half.  Leading the way for Medaille was the AMCC’s Preseason Player of the Year, Keith Hack (Hopewell Junction, NY/John Jay)(pictured) who poured in a team high (17) points.  Also having a strong night was senior Chris Moscato (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) who chipped in with (7) points and collected a team high (8) boards.  The Mavs will head back to the practice floor before playing in another exhibition contest at Division I Colgate University on Thursday, November 12th at 7:00pm.  The Mavs will open up regular season play at home on November 17th as Geneseo State will head to the Sullivan Center for an 8:00pm tip-off.