Box Score MORRISVILLE, N.Y. – Host SUNY Morrisville men's basketball collected a United East win Saturday afternoon as they downed visiting Gallaudet University 82-67 behind five posting double-digits in the victory.


THE BASICS:

• Final Score: Morrisville 82, Gallaudet 67 (halftime: Morrisville 43-37)
• Location: STUAC Gymnasium, Morrisville, N.Y.
• Records: Morrisville 6-14, 3-8 United East; Gallaudet 2-18, 2-11 United East

 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• SUNY Morrisville men's basketball had five net double-figures as they downed visiting Gallaudet 82-67 in United East action in Morrisville Saturday afternoon.
• Junior Tron Smith (Brooklyn, N.Y.) led all scorers with 19 points on the day, adding five assists and five steals to his totals along with four rebounds.
• Freshman Jordan Coard (Jamaica, N.Y.) added a collegiate high 18 points, hitting 8-of-11 shots from the floor, while grabbing nine total boards, five on the offensive glass.
• Senior Jon Brennan (Irvington, N.Y.) dished out a team high six assists, while netting 17 points of his own. 
• Hunter Kowaleski (Cazenovia, N.Y.) and Michael Litchfield (St. Albans, N.Y.) rounded out the Mustang leaderboard with their 12- and 10-point efforts, respectively.
• Despite a slow start from the opening whistle, Morrisville was able to utilize a 54.55% first half shooting effort to carry the 43-35 lead into the halftime break.
• Gallaudet led by as many as seven early on, before a three from Kowaleski sparked the Mustangs offense to put together a 22-2 run, shifting the lead to more than a double-digit advantage midway through.
• The visitors were able to cut the lead to as little as six, but the Mustangs had a counter for each score thereafter and carried the eight-point lead into the break.
• Out of the gates in the second, Gallaudet nailed a long ball from the top of the key to make it a five-point game, but Smith responded a minute later with a jumper and Brennan with a three-ball to double up their lead just three in.
• Gallaudet closed the gap to just four at the 11:52 mark, but Coard worked the inside game and posted back-to-back scores for the Mustangs, to widen the gap to eight.
• Morrisville held the Bison scoreless for nearly four minutes before taking advantage of their prowess on the offensive glass and building up a 14-point lead.
• A layup by Shannon Cotto cut the lead to nine, but Morrisville's offensive game proved too much for the Bison defense, as the Mustangs closed out the contest with a 12-3 run before a buzzer beating three by the visitors.

 
WHAT'S NEXT:
 

• Morrisville returns to the court Tuesday in a rescheduled contest from early January on the road at Penn St. Abington. Tip is scheduled for 5 p.m. in Abington.