Last night Hartwick won becoming 9-0. Since it was our last game of the semester, we had a perfect semester. The ending score was 62-49. Although Elms came out hot in the begining of the game with five points, Hartwick would come back and go on a 11-0 run. The run was powered by Anthony Keane who had 7 points in that run. At halftime Hartwick would lead 27-23.
In the second half Elms would cut our lead by two but that was as close as they got. We would then go on another run but this time it was 13-0 and this run was powered by Mark Blazek who had three 3-pointers.
Overall we shot 35.9% from the floor which was significantly better than Elms which shot 24.5% from the floor. Although Elms was near perfect from the line going 17 of 18, while Hartwick would shoot 11 for 18. In addition we would out rebound Elms by 36 to 48.
Anthony Keane played a significant role holding Elm's top scorer to just 5 points. Keane also had 10 points and 3 assists. Jared Suderley had a huge game with 19 rebounds and 13 points. The 19 rebounds would be a college career high for him. Mark Blazek had 21 points and went 4 for 7 from beyond the ark. Chris Ryder had his 2nd consecutive double double with 10 points and 13 rebounds, he would also chip in 3 assists. Christian Laputka had 4 points and 2 steals as well as a block.
Jake Karker, Shiva Senthil, Mike Geisser, Mike Henson, Brendan Griffin, Victor Angeline, Ken Johnson Jr., Jon Zehe, Travis Godley, Matt Petruccione, and Aaron Laing all saw playing time while coming off the bench.
This was the final game for the semester. Hartwick Men's basketball will not play again until December 28 in York , Pennsylvania in the York tournament. We will play at home again January 13 against Ithica college. Overall the Men's and Women's basketball program have a combined record of 16-2.
We would also like to thank the fans for coming out again last night and against the SUNY Oneonta game.
Have a happy holidays from Hartwick Basketball
