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Durr’s Lay-up Wins it For Storm
February 18, 2010
Senior Peter Durr's lay-up won the game for Keuka.
Playing in his final home game of his career, senior Peter Durr (Barneveld, N.Y./Utica Notre Dame) hit the game-winning lay-up with just one second remaining in the game to give the Storm a 51-48 win over the visiting Fighting Tigers of SUNY Cobleskill.
Keuka, who avenged an earlier season loss to the Fighting Tigers, improves to 8-14 overall while Cobleskill falls to 8-15 on the season.
With Keuka holding a 3-point advantage (48-45), Cobleskill’s Damon Franklin drained a 3-pointer with just eight seconds remaining to tie the game. After a Keuka timeout, the Storm passed the ball into center, Diamond Booker (Bronx, N.Y./Fredrick Douglas Acad.) who handed the ball off to Durr. The 6-1 shooting guard then hit the game-winning lay-up while getting fouled to complete a 3-point play.
The Storm trailed the Fighting Tigers 25-22 at half-time as the Storm went 0-12 from behind the arc. Keuka picked it up in the second half, draining 6-of-11 shots from long range. For the game, Keuka shot 39% (20-for-52) while Cobleskill shot 43% (20-for-47). Keuka pulled down seven more rebounds (33-26) while Cobleskill netted only one 3-pointer.
Junior Calvin Logins (Newark, N.Y./Lyons) led Keuka will 11 points and nine rebounds. Senior Alex Coleman (Elmira, N.Y./Southside) added 11 points and three steals. Durr chipped in with 10 points, none bigger than his final three, and three assists. Booker had five points, seven rebounds, and four blocks.
Andrei Lucas lead Cobleskill with 11 points while Haneef Scott added 10.
Storm will next play at Penn State-Harrisburg this Saturday, Feb. 20 beginning at 3 pm.
