by Warren Kozireski
After winning just three of their first seven games this season, Brockport extended their winning streak to five straight with an 87-78 victory over visiting Geneseo in men’s college basketball.
In the women’s contest, Geneseo never trailed though Brockport closed to within 7-6 before the Knights went on a 29-3 run and never looked back in a 79-43 win.
The men managed just two points over the first seven minutes of the first half before exploding for 38 over the final 13 minutes.
Senior Jordan Major hit three consecutive treys in three trips while sophomore Lance Legister followed with a three-pointer and four foul shots of his own down the stretch of the first half.
Brockport led by as many as 15 points in the second half with four minutes remaining, but needed Jon Ivy and Bobby Bell to go 6-of-6 from the free throw line in the final 39 seconds to seal the win.
“We playing more together; a lot harder,” said Ivy, who led the team with 22 points. “I think we’re coming together really strong picking up the defense. We just need to keep feeding off our defensive energy.”
In addition to Ivy, four other Golden Eagles scored in double figures: Major (18), Bell (15) and Legister (11). Matt Lee had a team-high six blocks with seven rebounds and seven points.
For the women, the story of the first half was a 38-17 rebound advantage for the Knights with 19 of those on the offensive end.
“It was something we talked about pre-game and we just didn’t do what we needed to do to limit their second chances,” said Brockport head coach Nicole Beauregard.
“They are an aggressive team and crash the boards hard. It’s hard to keep momentum (coming off their first conference win over Oneonta in the final game before the holiday break); we showed flashes of where we left off, but we need to grind it out and sweep the dust off.”
The leading scorer for the Golden Eagles was Cecilia Sigrist with 18 points.
Hilton grad Biz Reinhardt led the Knights with 11 rebounds and added six points.
“We came out of the locker room and focused on creating turnovers and playing solid defense and, coming off two losses, got back to the fundamentals of playing tight defense.”
