Syracuse, NY - Men's Basketball hosted two contests this weekend against the Clinton Community College Cougars and the North Country Saints. The men move to 1-6 after dropping two close games at home.

The Lazers trailed 14-8 in the first half before going on a 14-2 scoring run with three Gage Kielmann 3's and one from Aiden Wine to lead 22-16. Three defensive stops in the final minute of the half and another three from Kielmann and 5 points for Gavyn Hogue sent the Lazers into halftime in a great spot trailing by 1.

A hot start for the Cougars gave them a lead that they would consistently hold for the second half and allowed them to pull away with a 84-73 final score. Gage Kielmann had a career high 40 points.
 
 

Points Per Possession	0.85
Transition Points	13
Points Off Turnovers	22
Second Chance Points	11
Points in the Paint	28

Sunday brought another tight matchup with the Lazers taking on the North Country Saints. The Lazers trailed by a small margin for the majority of the first half and trailing by 6 to enter the second. The Lazers trailed by as much as 15 mid way through the second half, but scraped back for an exhilarating final 4 minutes cutting it to just a 5-point lead for the Saints. The Lazers found themselves with a 1-point lead with 1:10 remaining after a 3-point play from Kielmann. With two more lead changes and a made shot from the Saints with 15.3 seconds remaining, the Lazers utilized all their timeouts to draw up a play which would result in a turnover with 2.6 remaining and possession to the Saints. Two Saints freethrows gave them a 3-point lead with 1.8 remaining. OCC's final shot was taken by Eric Jackson from half court, but couldn't find net resulting in a 89-86 final. Forte had another 23 points tying his career high and Kielmann with another 22.
 

Points Per Possession	1.13
Transition Points	15
Points Off Turnovers	16
Second Chance Points	9
Points in the Paint	42

The men will host Finger Lakes Community College this Wednesday, November 20th following the women.

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