NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The SUNY Morrisville men's basketball team dropped a heartbreaking 68-67 loss to lead leading SUNY New Paltz Saturday afternoon, falling in the final seconds of Saturday's SUNYAC action.

THE BASICS:

• Team Scores: Morrisville 67, New Paltz 68 (halftime: Morrisville 33-27)
• Location: Hawk Center, New Paltz, N.Y.
• Records: Morrisville 8-6, 4-3 SUNYAC; New Paltz 10-4, 6-1 SUNYAC

 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• Visiting SUNY Morrisville men's basketball ran out of time Saturday as they battled league leading SUNY New Paltz in a tightly contested SUNYAC match, dropping a heartbreaking 68-67 decision on the road.
• Morrisville led 33-27 at the half, before battling back and forth in the second with the host Hawks that saw a 20-minute frame have eight ties and nine lead exchanges.
• Tied at 63 with 1:11 to go, New Paltz took the slight two-point lead with a layup with 49 seconds to go, adding a free throw to expand the lead to three with 20 ticks remaining.
• Morrisville countered with a free throw of their own from Yvan Fils-Aime (Dix Hills, N.Y.) at five seconds to go, making it a two-point game, before a quick foul put New Paltz back at the line, where they hit two to expand their advantage to four points.
• In a last second effort, Morrisville's Nokio Kennedy (Yonkers, N.Y.) nailed a three to cut the lead to one, but the final buzzer went off as Morrisville ran out of time and dropped the heartbreaking decision to the Hawks.
• The Mustangs won the battle in the paint, 34-30 and shot 49% overall throughout the contest while having five net double digits on the afternoon.
• Fils-Aime led those efforts with 14 points, while Kareem Sanders (Schenectady, N.Y.) and CJ McCullum (Bronx, N.Y.) each chipped in 13.
• Sanders led the efforts on the glass with six boards, also collecting two steals, assists and blocks.
• McCullum added three assists while hitting 6-of-8 shots from the floor.
• Jalyn Moorehead (Rochester, N.Y.) registered 10 points off the bench, adding three steals in the efforts on the afternoon.

 
WHAT'S NEXT:
 

• Morrisville will return to the court Tuesday, hosting Buffalo State in SUNYAC play. Opening tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the STUAC gymnasium.

 
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