Syracuse, NY - The Onondaga Community College men's basketball team will look to build on Wednesday's 86-71 win over SUNY ESF when they host SUNY Adirondack and Hudson Valley Community College this weekend.  The Lazers will tip off against Adirondack at 1 pm on Saturday, and turn around to face Hudson Valley at 2 pm Sunday, both in Allyn Hall.  Both games are National Junior College Athletic Association Region 3 contests.

Torrence Commodore (Syracuse Corcoran) is leading the Lazers in scoring through 3 games.  The 6'2" freshman is averaging 17.3 points per contest.  Fellow freshman Joseph Piazza (Central Square P.V. Moore) is adding 14.3 points per game, while captain Tyler Bliss (Liverpool) is averaging 13 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.  Point guard Benjamin Honahan (Malone Franklin Academy) is averaging 10 points and 4 assists per contest.

SUNY Adirondack comes into Saturday's game off of an 89-39 season opening win over the Word of Life Bible Institute on Thursday night.  Freshman Cam Girard led a balanced attack for the Timberwolves, scoring 12 points, while Traquan Scales and Kyle Credle added 10 each.  Adirondack head coach Bill Haskell is entering his 15th season.  With Onondaga coach Dave Pasiak in his 14th year, Saturday's game will be a meeting of Region 3's two longest tenured head coaches.  The Lazers defeated the Timberwolves, 97-75, at the Glens Falls Civic Center last season.

Onondaga and Hudson Valley will meet for the first time since an 80-72 Onondaga win during the 2010-2011 season.  The Vikings will open their season at Cayuga Community College on Saturday, a day before facing the Lazers.  Veteran Mike Long, a former head coach at the College of Saint Rose and Sage Junior College of Albany, takes over as Vikings head coach this season.  Hudson Valley is expected to be led by returning All-Region guard Jose Reyes.

Following this weekend's games the Lazers will be off until November 16th and 17th, when they go on the road for the first time this season to face Schenectady County Community College and Fulton-Montgomery Community College.