2014-15 Men's Basketball News
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Hodge Named to NEAC All-Conference Second TeamFebruary 26, 2015Maverick Hodge (Bronx, N.Y. / Samuel Gompers) finishes his career on a high note by being named to the NEAC Men’s Basketball All-Conference Second Team. He was the only player on his team to earn all-conference honors.
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Hodge Plays Swan Song to the Tune of 31 Points, 7 Rebounds, and 6 Assists on Senior DayFebruary 21, 2015MARCY, N.Y. – SUNY Poly point guard Maverick Hodge (Bronx, N.Y. / Samuel Gompers) made the most of his final game in a Wildcat uniform Saturday afternoon, leading the SUNY Poly Men’s Basketball Team (11-14, 10-7 NEAC) to a 73-65 victory over visiting Wells College (7-18, 7-10 NEAC).
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Men’s Basketball Comes Up Short Against KeukaFebruary 20, 2015MARCY, N.Y. – The Wildcat Men’s Basketball Team (10-14, 9-7 NEAC) lost a hard fought game against Keuka (14-8, 11-5 NEAC) Friday night.
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Wildcats Bounce Back with Big WinFebruary 14, 2015MARCY, N.Y.- The SUNY Poly Men’s Basketball Team (10-13, 9-6 NEAC) were able to bounce back from Friday’s loss in a big way, taking down Penn St.-Berks (6-15, 6-9 NEAC) 73-52.
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Men’s Basketball Downed by NEAC-Leading ChargersFebruary 13, 2015MARCY, N.Y. – The SUNY Poly Men’s Basketball Team (9-13, 8-6 NEAC) just couldn’t get anything going on Friday night in a 79-42 loss to the conference-leading Lancaster Bible College Chargers (19-2, 10-1 NEAC).
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Men’s Basketball Avenges Loss With Victory in Cazenovia RematchFebruary 11, 2015CAZENOVIA, N.Y. - The SUNY Polytechnic Men’s Basketball Team (9-12, 8-5 NEAC) served a cold (isn’t everything, this time of year?) dish of revenge to the Cazenovia Wildcats
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Clutch Play Down the Stretch Leads Men’s Basketball to 56-52 Win Over LionsFebruary 08, 2015BRYN ATHYN, N.Y. – Tied 48-48 with 2:47 to go in the game, the SUNY Poly Men’s Basketball Team (8-12, 7-5 NEAC) made baskets and got defensive stops when they needed to, earning a 56-52 conference win.
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Wildcat Trio Leads Team to VictoryFebruary 07, 2015ABINGTON, P.A. – The SUNY Poly men’s basketball team (7-12, 6-5 NEAC) beat Penn St.-Abington (7-12, 6-6 NEAC) on the road Saturday afternoon.
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Mustangs Take Out Men’s Basketball in Conference Play, 66-57February 03, 2015MORRISVILLE, N.Y. - Just like the women’s game before them, the Morrisville State Men’s Basketball Team (6-12, 3-8 NEAC) was able to use the free throw line against the Wildcats (6-12, 5-5 NEAC) in a 66-57 victory Tuesday night.
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Wildcats Come Up Short Against CobleskillJanuary 31, 2015MARCY, N.Y. – The SUNY Poly men’s basketball team (6-11, 5-4 NEAC) wasn’t able to pull off the comeback against SUNY Cobleskill (9-8, 7-2 NEAC) Saturday afternoon.
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Wildcat Comeback Thwarted in Overtime by Cazenovia; Hodge Sets Free Throw MarkJanuary 28, 2015MARCY, N.Y. – The SUNY Polytechnic Men’s Basketball Team (6-10, 5-3 NEAC) just missed pulling off a dramatic comeback at home Wednesday night versus the similarly named Wildcats of Cazenovia College (7-10, 5-4 NEAC), dropping a thrilling overtime contest 90-82.
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Wildcats Sweep NEAC Athlete of the Week Awards After Outstanding Performances from Johnson, MacLachlanJanuary 26, 2015GANSEVOORT, N.Y. – Informed fans of the SUNY Poly Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams will, perhaps, be unsurprised to learn that both Kaleel Johnson (Syracuse, N.Y. / Syr. Acad. of Science) and Molly MacLachlan (Marcellus, N.Y. / Marcellus) took home NEAC Player of the Week honors on Monday. Each had outstanding weeks for their teams, helping the Wildcats pick up several significant conference wins. Below are excerpts from the NEAC Player of the Week press release:
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Men's Basketball Toughs Out 70-58 Conference Win Over Penn CollegeJanuary 25, 2015MARCY, N.Y. - The SUNY Poly men’s basketball team (6-9, 5-2 NEAC) beat Penn College (2-15, 1-9 NEAC) 70-58 Sunday afternoon for the team’s fourth-straight victory.
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Trio of Johnson, Hodge, and McCarthy Lead Wildcats to Big Home Victory Over Morrisville StateJanuary 21, 2015MARCY, N.Y. – Getting almost twenty points apiece from two starters is a big deal in a college basketball game. But getting that level of production from three players? It’s practically a coup, and it’s exactly what the SUNY Poly Men’s Basketball Team (5-9, 4-2 NEAC) got on Wednesday night during
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Men’s Basketball to Host Morrisville State Wednesday NightJanuary 19, 2015The 4-9 Wildcat men’s basketball team looks to extend their winning streak at home against the 4-8 Morrisville State Mustangs this Wednesday night at 7:00 pm in the Campus Center Gymnasium.
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Men’s Basketball Gets Big Conference Win on the Road, 55-50 Over GallaudetJanuary 18, 2015WASHINGTON - The SUNY Poly Men’s Basketball Team (4-9, 3-2 NEAC) came up with a big conference win Sunday, surviving the long road trip to Washington, D.C. with a 55-50 win over Gallaudet University (7-5, 3-3 NEAC).
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Wildcat Offense Shines in 84-70 Victory at WilsonJanuary 17, 2015MORRISTOWN, N.J. - The SUNY Poly Men’s Basketball Team (3-9, 2-2 NEAC) shot 53% from the field in Saturday’s 84-70 victory over the Wilson College Phoenix (3-6, 2-3 NEAC). The game marked one of the Wildcat’s best shooting performances of the year as the team evened its conference record at 2-2.
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Men’s and Women’s Basketball to Take on Cobleskill Tonight in NEAC ActionJanuary 14, 2015MARCY, N.Y. – The SUNY Polytechnic Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams travel to SUNY Cobleskill tonight to take on the Fighting Tigers in NEAC Conference play. The women’s game will take place at 5:00 pm with the men’s game to follow at 7:00.
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Men’s Basketball Falls to Cobleskill on the Road, 50-47January 14, 2015COBLESKILL, N.Y. - The Fighting Tigers survived a bruising, low-scoring affair to upend the SUNY Polytechnic Men’s Basketball Team (2-9, 1-2 NEAC) in NEAC action on Wednesday night, 50-47.
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Men’s Basketball Edged by Tigers, 65-61December 20, 2014SAN ANTONIO – The SUNY Polytechnic Men’s Basketball Team (2-9) just missed coming away with a win that would undoubtedly have been a nice addition to the resume by season’s end. Squaring off with tournament host
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Men’s Basketball Visits Lone Star State for Trinity InvitationalDecember 19, 2014SAN ANTONIO, TX – The SUNY Polytechnic Men’s Basketball Team touched down in San Antonio, Texas late Wednesday evening to get ready for the Trinity University Invitational. With a day off before their first contest the team was able to visit local landmarks, including making a trip to the Alamo (pictured at right).
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Wildcats Outgunned in San Antonio by Hot-Shooting PiratesDecember 19, 2014SAN ANTONIO – Timing is everything, for good and bad. The Southwestern University Pirates (2-4) entered Friday’s contest with the Wildcats (2-7) averaging just about 60 points-per-game as a team, with no player averaging more than single-digit point totals per game. But that team bore little resemblance to the Pirate team that took the floor Friday night against the Wildcats as part of the Trinity Invitational in San Antonio, Texas.
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Men’s Basketball Home Opener Spoiled by Red DragonsDecember 13, 2014MARCY, N.Y. – The SUNY Polytechnic Men’s Basketball Team (2-5) ran up against a veteran Cortland State (7-0) team on Saturday, falling to the Red Dragons 75-49.
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Maverick Hodge Named NEAC Men’s Basketball Player of the WeekDecember 08, 2014GANSEVOORT, N.Y. – Senior point guard Maverick Hodge (Bronx, N.Y. / Samuel Gompers) was named the NEAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week on Monday after averaging a team-high 23 points over SUNY Poly’s two conference games this past weekend.
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Men’s Basketball Bested by Wolfpack in Overtime, 68-64December 07, 2014KEUKA PARK, N.Y. – An hour after a similar comeback attempt was thwarted in the women’s game, the Keuka Men’s Basketball Team (5-3, 2-0 NEAC) was able to pull off the feat, overcoming a 14-point deficit at the half to defeat the Wildcats (2-4, 1-1 NEAC) on Sunday evening, 68-64 in OT.
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Men’s Basketball Shoots Way to Blowout Victory, 84-58 over Wells CollegeDecember 06, 2014AURORA, N.Y. – If there’s one area the SUNY Poly Men’s Basketball Team (2-2, 1-0 NEAC) has struggled with in the early part of the season, it’s offense. While one might expect incremental improvements in trouble areas, on Saturday the SUNY Poly Team showed their predilection for more of a “tidal shift” approach to change, as the Wildcats shot a blistering 67% from the field on their way to a NEAC rout of Wells.
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Men’s Basketball Heads West This Weekend for Pair of NEAC Tilts [PREVIEW]December 04, 2014MARCY, N.Y. – Like a young Theodore Roosevelt in search of adventure and experience, The SUNY Polytechnic Men’s Basketball Team (1-3, 0-0 NEAC) will head out west this weekend.
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Wildcats Earn First Win, 62-58 Over SUNY-ESFNovember 30, 2014CLINTON, N.Y. – The SUNY Polytechnic Men’s Basketball Team (1-3) picked up its first win of the young season on Sunday afternoon, coming back from a five-point halftime deficit to upend the Mighty Oaks of the SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry (SUNY-ESF), 62-58.
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Warrior Pressure Too Much for ‘Cats in 81-67 LossNovember 29, 2014CLINTON, N.Y. – The SUNY Polytechnic Men’s Basketball Team (0-3) was neck-and-neck with the Lycoming Warriors (3-2) through the first 20 minutes, but ultimately succumbed to the pressing defensive action of the Pennsylvania team in an 81-67 non-conference loss.
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Men’s Basketball Downed by Pioneers in Overtime; Hodge Scores 33November 25, 2014UTICA, N.Y. – The SUNY Polytechnic Men’s Basketball Team (0-2) fell in overtime to local rival Utica College (2-2) on Tuesday afternoon, 93-88. The Pioneers tied the game late in regulation on a pair of free throws, then survived overtime despite 7 points from senior Wildcat point guard Maverick Hodge (Bronx, N.Y. / Samuel Gompers), who finished the game with a career-high 33 points.