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Oswego State men’s basketball take three wins on the road
OSWEGO N.Y. — The Lakers took a full week of games head on, winning all three games they played including two huge scoring outputs. The first game of the week came on Tuesday against the Buffalo State Bengals in Buffalo, the final score a whopping 109-72, the first of two times they would score 109 this week. The game started close, 11-10 after five minutes with Devin Green connecting from deep twice. Oswego would take off from there, a 19-5 scoring run with six points from Ahkee Anderson and ten from Christian Simmons saw the lead grow to 30-15. The Lakers would score 24 more over the next ten minutes, and would go into the half with a commanding 52-32 lead. Oswego was an excellent 54.3% from the field in the first half, and 47% from beyond the arc. The second half was just more Oswego domination, the lead wouldn’t fall below twenty, and was up to forty with a minute to go. A few garbage time points from the Bengals saw a final score of 109-72. The Lakers were led by twenty-two from Simmons, who added eight rebounds. Green added seventeen to the score line, 5-10 from three on the night. Anderson and Jamal Achille had fourteen and twelve respectively. Four other lakers would have more than eight points.
Game two of the week came on the road against the Potsdam Bears. A tighter contest on the scoreboard saw Oswego win 76-58. The Lakers would find themselves down one after ten minutes. Devin Green helped keep it close with a pair of threes early. A Jeremiah Sparks lay-up would cap off a 12-2 Lakers run that would take the lead for Lakers, 29-20. The Lakers and Bears would go back and forth the remainder of the half and would go into the locker rooms with Oswego up 40-29. The Lakers capitalized on turnovers scoring twelve of their points on seven Potsdam turnovers. The Bears didn’t let the lead grow too much to start the second half, the score was 51-36 after the first five minutes. Ahkee Anderson would assist on back to back baskets and the lead would grow to nineteen. With seven minutes remaining in the game, the Bears had cut the lead to only seven. Successful threes and good defense helped the Bears get back into the game. Julien Crittendon would hit a three to extend the lead back to ten and take momentum back from Potsdam. The Lakers would use the momentum to close the game out for the final score of 76-58. Crittendon would lead the team in points with seventeen. Jamal Achille had sixteen on the night while sharing the rebound lead with Sparks at nine. Sparks would add twelve of his own.
The final game of the week was against the Plattsburgh Cardinals in Plattsburgh. It was domination again for the Lakers as they won 109-70. Plattsburgh took four of the first six points before the Lakers took the reigns of the game. Eighteen straight points over four and half minutes saw the Lakers take the lead that would last the rest of the game. The Lakers had over half their points in the first half, going into the locker rooms up 62-31. The Lakers utilized their bench during the half, with 38 of their points being from the bench. The defense was also on the point forcing sixteen turnovers. The Lakers extended their lead to 45 over the first eight minutes of the second half. Both teams would go back and forth through the rest of the game and get to the final of 109-72. Five Lakers would hit the double digit scoring mark, freshman Marcus Shelton leading the team with fourteen off the bench. Christian Simmons added thirteen points and seven rebounds, with Devin Green, Jeremiah Sparks, and Kaleb Cook all with ten. Ahkee Anderson and Brendon Mulson added nine each. 66 of the Lakers points came from the bench. The team shot 53.8% from the field, while also an excellent 16-20 from the free throw line.
Oswego’s winning streak now sits at ten games and they have a record of 13-1 (7-0 SUNYAC). Coming into the week they sat just two spots out of the top 25 with 28 points, number 25, Emory, has 40 points. Their next game is against the Geneseo Knights in Oswego on Tuesday, January 18. Geneseo is second in the SUNYAC also undefeated in conference play at 6-0 and are 8-4 on the year.
IMAGE PROVIDED BY OSWEGO ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT
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Lakers Hockey victorious again versus Plattsburgh on Whiteout Weekend
OSWEGO — Men’s Hockey came away with a shutout victory Friday night against rivals Plattsburgh in the first game of Whiteout Weekend. The 3-0 win puts the Lakers up 2-0 in SUNYAC play while the Cardinals drop to 0-3. Senior David Richer was perfect for Oswego with 25 saves in the contest. Anthony Passero would strike first on the powerplay with Derek Brown getting the assist. Passero’s first goal of the season came halfway in the first period. The Lakers would add to the scoreboard just two minutes later as Carter Allen buried the puck that came from Josh Zizek and Jody Sullivan. The third Oswego tally came off a Travis Broughman shot that was finished by Tyler Currie on the rebound with roughly eight minutes left in the second period. Jeff Solow would also get credit with the second assist for his first point of the campaign. Oswego is back in action Saturday night against the Potsdam Bears, who are coming off a loss from SUNY Cortland. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. in the Marano Campus Center for a special Military Appreciation Night. WTOP 10 will start coverage at 6:30 p.m. with another installment of Hockey Night in Oswego.
Photo Provided by Alexis Fragapane
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Oswego Women’s Lacrosse Defeats Buffalo State
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego Women’s Lacrosse team improved to 3-0 in the 2021 season on Saturday, defeating the Buffalo State Bengals 14-6. Oswego remains undefeated to start their season and moves to 2-0 in conference play, putting them in great position for a postseason run.
Buffalo State’s Samantha Burlow put the Bengals up early, scoring the game’s first goal three minutes into the half. However, that would be the only lead Buffalo State would have all game. Junior attack, Logan Castiglione, scored the Lakers first goal and followed that up with three consecutive assists. Freshman midfielder, Shae McConnell, who was recognized as Oswego’s Female Athlete of the Week on April 5th, scored four goals in Saturday’s performance. Sophomore midfielder, Sela Wiley, continued her stellar start to the season, totaling four goals and four assists. Oswego goalkeeper, Delaney Kendrick, also had her best outing of the season, racking up 9 saves versus the Bengals. The Lakers will now turn their attention to their highly anticipated matchup vs SUNY Geneseo, who lost their first game of the season on Saturday, falling to St. John Fisher College in a 11-10, 2-overtime loss. Faceoff is set for 4:00 p.m. at Geneseo.
