Men's Basketball | 1/2/2009 9:43:51 PM
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ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT men's basketball team led 33-21 at the half and never looked back as the Tigers defeated Utica College 74-59 in Empire 8 action on Friday night. The win improves RIT to 5-3 overall and 3-0 in the Empire 8. The 3-0 start in league play is the first time since the 2003-04 season the Tigers have started 3-0 in the Empire 8.
Mark Carson (Voorheesville, NY/Voorheesville) (Voorheesville, NY) turned in another dominating performance scoring a game-high 21 points and grabbing 17 rebounds. He scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half.
The Tigers led 9-2 after the first five minutes of action and 22-7 after 10 minutes and despite a late run by the Pioneers led 33-21 at the half.
Adam Sweet (Weedsport, NY/Weedsport) (Weedsport, NY) led RIT with 11 first-half points off the bench. The junior co-captain was 3-of-4 from three-point land and 2-for-2 from the foul line.
Carson
had six points and nine rebounds while
Shawn Roe (Corning, NY/Corning East) (Corning, NY/Corning East) added five points in the first half.
The Pioneers opened the second half scoring the first two buckets, cutting RIT's lead to eight points on a layup by Patrick Goodman.
That would be as close as Utica would get as RIT went on a 24-7 run over the next 7:26, taking a 25-point lead on an old fashioned three-point play by Carson.
RIT shot 46.4% from the floor in the second half on 13-of-28 shooting. The Tigers made five three pointers and went 18-of-29 from the foul line.
Sweet finished with 16 points on 4-of-6 shooting from three-point land. He also had three assists and two rebounds.
Nate Karinchak (Strongsville, OH) and #
Marcus Lowe (Anchorage, AK/Service)# (Anchorage, AK/Service) had five and four assists respectively for RIT. Korinchak finished with five points and five rebounds to go along with his five assists. Lowe scored four points and grabbed three boards.
The Tigers will face Elmira College in EMpire 8 action on Saturday afternoon at 4 pm in Clark Gymnasium.
