The College at Brockport broke a 34-34 tie with a 13-3 run to end the first half and led by as many as 26 points on their way to a 90-75 victory over Buffalo State to mark men’s basketball head coach Greg Dunne’s 181st career win, setting a new school record previously held by Curtis Gaylord (1947-48 through 1963-64). He earlier in December moved past Nelson Whitmore (176 wins) into second place.
The Golden Eagles put the game out of reach as they tacked on a 16-2 run to begin the second half as Justin Summers hit nine points and Hamed Shamseldin scored on consecutive drives.
“Coach got on us honestly and told us to be more smart and have a better IQ defensively and that was our main focus coming out in the second half,” Summers said. “In man (defense) they got by us and we had some stupid fouls, but we switched up and they had trouble with the two-three zone.”
Summers led the Golden Eagles with 16 points and seven rebounds while Michael O’Hara had 15 to go with seven rebounds. Shamseldin and Jon Carnegie each added ten points with the former leading with six assists and the latter also tying with a team-best seven rebounds.
Brockport improved to 5-1 in SUNYAC play and tied with Plattsburgh for second place behind only 6-0 Cortland, who they host January 26.
“It sounds like coach-speak, but really I’ve had great players and good mentors like Nelson Whitmore, who kind of started this thing and even before him Bill Bowe,” Dunne said about his new record.
“It’s a big honor because from Bowe to (Mauro) Panaggio to (Bill) Van Gundy there have been a lot of big-time basketball names who have been here and it’s a nice honor.”
Earlier the women’s team dropped a heartbreaker to the Bengals on a three-point shot with 40 seconds remaining after they led by as many as 16 points in the first half. The Golden Eagles were held to only three second half field goals, but were 13-of-19 from the free throw line over the final two stanzas.
Emily Nester led Brockport with 15 points while Lindsay Johnson had a double-double with ten points and 13 rebounds. Schyler Laux added ten points for the 3-8, 1-4 Golden Eagles.
