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Alvin Dike Earns Chancellor's Award

04.15.09

(POTSDAM,NY) Senior Alvin Dike of Bronx was recently honored with the very prestigious Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence for demonstrating outstanding achievement as a student in the State University of New York System.

Dike, a biology major and a starting guard on the men's basketball team, was honored by SUNY Officer-in-Charge Dr. John J. O’Connor on April 7 in Albany and received a framed certificate and a medallion that may be worn at Commencement. (MORE)

 

Damon Brown Named All-SUNYAC

3.02.09 

(POTSDAM, NY)- Damon Brown (Brooklyn/Port Richmond), a senior guard at SUNY Potsdam, has been named to the 2009 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Men’s Basketball All-Conference Second Team.

Brown led the Bears in scoring with 454 points for a 17.5 per game average which was fourth in the SUNYAC. He also led the team in steals with 34. His 65 three-point field goals and 44.5 % of shots made led the team which was also tops in the conference. His free throw percentage of 79% was third in the conference.

On Monday January 19th Brown was named the SUNYAC Player of the Week after he averaged 25.7 points per game during the previous week's three-game series.

 

Men Begin SUNYAC Tournament Action

2.23.09 (POTSDAM, NY) The men's basketball team will begin quarterfinal SUNYAC Tournament action on Tuesday evening when they travel to Oswego State. The 7 pm contest will pit the sixth ranked Bears against the third ranked Lakers. Tuesday's game will be broadcast live on 99 Hits Radio, as well as, Bearcast online from the SUNY Potsdam website. The winner of Tuesday's contest will advance to the semi-final round on Friday.

 

Bears Close Regular Season With 74-71 Win

2.20.09 

(NEW PALTZ, NY)— The Potsdam men earned a big conference victory on Friday night as they defeated New Paltz by a final score of 74-71 in their final regular season game.

Potsdam outscored the Hawks 33-26 in first period play before New Paltz battled back in the second when they came up short.
The Bears were led by Damon Brown (Brooklyn/Port Richmond) with 20 points and Serge Clement (St. Alban’s/St. John’s Prep) with 18. Brandon Siskavich (Peru/Peru) led the Potsdam rebounders with 14 boards.
Harris Wichard led the Hawks with 23 points followed by Connor Cornine with 21.

Potsdam will begin SUNYAC playoff action next Tuesday night at 7 pm when they travel to Oswego State.

 

Men Defeat Cortland 68-61on Senior Night

02.17.09

(POTSDAM, NY)Three Bears scored in double figures as the men’s basketball team used a late run to pull ahead and defeat Cortland 68-61 in the team’s regular season home finale on Tuesday night at Jerry Welsh Gymnasium. The Bears improve to 11-13 (8-7 SUNYAC) while Cortland falls to 11-12 (8-6 in SUNYAC).

It was Senior Night as before the game the team honored its six seniors: Damon Brown, Alvin Dike, Serge Clement, Brandon Siskavich, Brendan Graney, and Nelson Gedeon.

Brown (Brooklyn/Port Richmond) led the Bears with 18 points and also had six rebounds. Siskavich (Peru/Peru) had 16 points and eight rebounds and Tom Kelso (Ogdensburg/OFA) had 12 points.

Juan Miolan had 16 points to lead Cortland. Ron Evans had 22 points.

The Bears were behind 27-17 with 8:30 left in the first half before going on a 12-6 run into halftime. Brown scored five of those points in that stretch including a three pointer to get Potsdam to within four points of the lead, 33-29.

Cortland came out in the second half scoring two straight baskets to increase their lead to 37-29. The Bears would cut into the deficit with free throws and a layup by Brown and a jumper by Kelso to go up by one. Both teams would trade shots as neither could mount a significant lead. Brown would tie the game and then put Potsdam up by one after making both of his free throws with 54 seconds left to play. Free throws by Brown and Siskavich in the final seconds helped to secure the victory for the Bears.