Paul Smiths’ Manny Belcher lays up a shot towards Great Bay CC.
(Provided photograph — PSC/Mercedes Rideout)
PAUL SMITHS — The Paul Smith’s College males’s basketball workforce did one thing on Saturday that they hadn’t accomplished in the earlier four years — declare a victory towards perennial powerhouse Great Bay CC.
The Bobcats defeated the Herons by a wholesome margin, 100-72 at residence in the Saunders Gymnasium.
The final time the squad topped them was on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2021, and again then the Bobcat workforce and training employees seemed very completely different from what they did on Saturday. Josh Clemens was the coach, and the workforce had simply come out of their COVID season, the place they performed solely two video games.
On Saturday, Paul Smith’s had 5 gamers attain double digits in factors as Talon Brooks of St. Petersburg, Florida, led the way in which with 23 factors. The hosts unfold the ball round as Leo Williams of Plattsburgh, Jack Taylor of Baltimore, Maryland, Yashiro Hurst Jr. of Muncy, Indiana, and Manny Belcher of Bridgeport, Connecticut completed with 15, 14, 13 and 13 factors, respectively.
Hurst was a single help away from his first school double-double, ending with 9 helpers because the Bobcats did effectively shifting the ball on offense. The workforce shot a formidable 70% from the sector and have been particularly correct from downtown, hitting 10 of their 16 three-point makes an attempt.
The Bobcats are 1-2 and journey to Five Towns College in Dix Hills on Sunday. They are 1-0 in the Yankee Small College Conference and can look to construct on their good league begin Thursday, Nov. 20, after they tackle Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on the street.