Gators Drop High-Scoring Game at Keuka
KEUKA PARK, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Men’s Basketball trimmed an 18-point second half deficit to one before falling 105-100 tonight at Keuka.
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
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42 | 58 | 100 |
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56 | 49 | 105 |
Team Stats
Keuka
| Game Statistics | Russell Sage College | Keuka |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (36-78) | (38-64) |
| Field Goal % | 46.2% | 59.4% |
| Rebounds | 41 | 35 |
| Assists | 11 | 14 |
| Turnovers | 16 | 21 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 39 | 21 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 22 | 14 |
| Pts in the Paint | 44 | 50 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 31 | 19 |
| Bench Pts | 25 | 13 |
KEUKA PARK, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Men's Basketball trimmed an 18-point second half deficit to one before falling 105-100 tonight at Keuka.
The Gators (9-2/1-1 E8), which reached the century mark for the first time since Jan. 2022, also against Keuka, had six players score in double figures.
Senior Brandon Harris (Elmsford, NY/Alexander Hamilton/Herkimer CC) topped RSC, which never led, with 28 points on 10-of-22 shooting. The guard added 13 rebounds, six steals and four assists.
Junior guard Pape Tunkara (Mount Vernon, NY/Iona Prep/Genesee CC) contributed 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting.
Junior center Khalel Noteman (Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie) registered 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting, while senior forward Ben Aprilante (Fort Montgomery, NY/James I. O'Neil/SUNY Adirondack), junior guard Deavion Springsteen (Albany, NY/Albany) and forward Sidney Lebonzo (Montgomery Village, MD/Watkins Mill/Salisbury), a graduate student, each tallied 11 points.
Senior guard Lamar Lovelace led Keuka (4-7/1-1 E8) with 41 points on 15-of-24 shooting and nine rebounds.
Knotted at 12, the host Wolves, which shot 59.4 percent from the field, used a 32-13 first half run to go up by 19, 44-25, with 5:10 left before the break. Keuka shot 62.9 percent from the field, 53.3 percent from three, in the opening half.
Down 56-42 at the intermission and 18 with 13:59 left, RSC used a 21-8 run spanning 3:08 to get within one, 99-98, with 1:17 to go. Keuka answered with the next six points to regain control.
The Gators (9-2/1-1 E8), which had a four-game winning streak snapped, are back in action tomorrow afternoon at Elmira.
Gator Bites: The 2025-2026 season marks the 17th for Head Coach Brian Barnes at the helm of Russell Sage College Men's Basketball…He achieved career win number 200 on November 15 at SUNY Cobleskill...RSC got off to its best five-game (5-0) and ten-game (9-1) starts in program history…The lone loss was to top-ranked Trinity...The 2014-2015 edition of the Gators started their season at 6-1 and 7-3 on their way to a 23-5 overall record and capturing the Skyline Conference Tournament Championship, and accompanying NCAA Tournament berth...RSC started that historic season, and also began last year, with a 12-3 record...The Gators are coming off a trip to the Quarterfinals of the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament…Seven players back from last year's squad…Harris, Springsteen, and Noteman headline the returners…Harris, voted third-team All-Conference, topped the Gators with 12.9 points per-game last season…Barnes added seven newcomers to the program…Sophomore guard Kyle Dhu (Ozone Park, NY/Brooklyn Law and Tech) was tabbed the E8 Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, November 16…He averaged 25.5 points on 60.7 percent shooting in the 2-0 week…The sophomore made 61.5 percent of his three-point attempts and totaled 11 rebounds, five steals and four assists across the pair of victories...RSC defeated Keuka 112-92 on January 21, 2022 in Albany.
