High-Powered RSC Offense Outscores Host Hawks 103-96
ONEONTA, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Men’s Basketball shot 52.2 percent from the field to outscore host Hartwick 103-96 in Tuesday night Empire 8 Conference action.
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
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54 | 49 | 103 |
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51 | 45 | 96 |
Team Stats
Hartwick
| Game Statistics | Russell Sage College | Hartwick |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (36-69) | (30-60) |
| Field Goal % | 52.2% | 50.0% |
| Rebounds | 35 | 26 |
| Assists | 23 | 24 |
| Turnovers | 9 | 16 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 28 | 10 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 13 | 8 |
| Pts in the Paint | 52 | 34 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 19 | 15 |
| Bench Pts | 26 | 37 |
ONEONTA, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Men's Basketball shot 52.2 percent from the field to outscore host Hartwick 103-96 in Tuesday night Empire 8 Conference action.
The Gators (16-2/8-1 E8), which had a season-high for points, closed the road victory on a 9-1 run and had five players score in twin figures.
Junior center Khalel Noteman (Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie) topped RSC, off to its best start ever, with 22 points on 9-of-10 shooting and four rebounds.
Junior Adam Myers (Troy, NY/LaSalle Institute/Saint Rose) tallied double digits for the third time in the past four games, going for a career-high 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting. The guard added eight assists, five rebounds and four steals.
Senior guard Brandon Harris (Elmsford, NY/Alexander Hamilton/Herkimer CC), announced as the E8 Player of the Week on Monday, contributed 16 points, nine rebounds, and five assists.
Sophomore guard Kyle Dhu (Ozone Park, NY/Brooklyn Law and Tech) and junior guard Pape Tunkara (Mount Vernon, NY/Iona Prep/Genesee CC) rounded out the Gators in double figures, netting 13 and 10 points respectively. Dhu blocked a pair of Hartwick shots and dished out four assists, while Tunkara knocked down 50 percent of his shots.
Hartwick (7-11/1-8 E8), now on a four-game slide, erased a 15-point first half deficit to trail by three, 54-51, at the break. The Hawks hung with the high-powered RSC offense for much of the final 20 minutes. After Hartwick took its lone lead of the night, 95-94, with 2:56 left, the Gators, which top the Conference in scoring at 86.6 points per-game, ran off the next seven points.
Freshman guard Robby Lucas registered 22 points on 5-of-16 shooting, eight assists, and five rebounds to pace the hosts.
Looking ahead, the Gators play on Friday night at SUNY Brockport.
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), ten-game (9-1), and 15-game (13-2) starts to a season in program history…The first 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 closed the night as the top offense in the Conference at 86.6 points per-game…RSC is coming off a trip to the Quarterfinals of the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament…Seven players back from last year's squad…Junior guard Deavion Springsteen (Albany, NY/Albany), Harris and Noteman headline the returners…Harris, voted third-team All-Conference, topped the Gators with 12.9 points per-game last season…The senior converted the game-winning layup with two seconds left in the January 6 overtime victory at Utica…He began the night leading the Conference in steals and steals per-game and sat sixth with 17.9 points per-game…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…Harris was selected the E8 Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, January 26…The guard averaged 26.0 points on 51.3 percent shooting across home wins vs. Nazareth (1/23) and Saint John Fisher (1/24)…He scored 35 points, the second most in a game by an RSC player, in the victory vs. Nazareth…On February 23, 2017 vs. Old Westbury, Rob Mills '17 went for 36 to help the Gators advance to the Skyline Conference Championship Tournament Finals…Junior guard Pape Tunkara (Mount Vernon, NY/Iona Prep/Genesee CC) commenced the week second in the E8 with 2.5 steals per-game.
