RSC Men's Basketball Celebrates Senior Night Saturday Against Keuka
Russell Sage College Men’s Basketball honored five student-athletes for their contributions to the program on Saturday as they played host to Keuka.
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Team Stats
Keuka
| Game Statistics | Keuka | Russell Sage College |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (30-66) | (31-81) |
| Field Goal % | 45.5% | 38.3% |
| Rebounds | 49 | 45 |
| Assists | 14 | 9 |
| Turnovers | 17 | 10 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 11 | 27 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 12 | 15 |
| Pts in the Paint | 38 | 34 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 8 | 17 |
| Bench Pts | 24 | 35 |
ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Men's Basketball honored five student-athletes for their contributions to the program on Saturday as they played host to Keuka.
The Gators (18-4/10-3 E8) were led by junior guard Pape Tunkara (Mount Vernon, NY/Iona Prep/Genesee CC) who shot four-of-six from beyond the arc on the way to 27 points.
Senior forward Jeremy Rosario (Albany, NY/Colonie Central/Alma), scored 18 points and contributed six rebounds, while senior guard Brandon Harris (Elmsford, NY/Alexander Hamilton/Herkimer CC) registered a near double-double of 17 points and eight rebounds.
Keuka (10-12/7-6 E8) had two score 22 or more points, as Akinlana Poppola had 22 and Lamar Lovelace had 32.
RSC returns to the floor next weekend as they travel west to face off with Alfred on Friday and Houghton on Saturday.
Gator Bites: The 2025-2026 season marks the 17th for Barnes at the helm of Russell Sage College Men's Basketball…He achieved career win number 200 on November 15 at SUNY Cobleskill...With four games left in the regular season, the Gators are currently tied with Nazareth for first in the E8 standings with 10-2 record...RSC, which has locked up a playoff spot already, holds the head-to-head advantage by virtue of the home win on January 23...The E8 Championship Tournament begins on Saturday, February 21...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 opened the weekend as the top offense in the Conference at 86.2 points per-game…RSC, which has already locked up a postseason berth, is coming off a trip to the Quarterfinals of the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament…Seven players back from last year's squad…Harris, junior guard Deavion Springsteen (Albany, NY/Albany), 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 week leading the Conference in steals and steals per-game and sat fifth with 17.4 points per-game…Junior guard Pape Tunkara (Mount Vernon, NY/Iona Prep/Genesee CC) commenced the week third in the E8 with 2.3 steals per-game…Noteman started the week third in the Conference in field goal percentage...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.
