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Basketball Travels to Caz for Big Doubleheader
February 8, 2012
Keuka College's basketball teams hit the road Wednesday night for a big doubleheader against Cazenovia College. The men play at 6 p.m. followed by the women's tip-off at 8 p.m.
Keuka College’s basketball teams hit the road Wednesday night looking to improve their playoff positioning against rival Cazenovia College as the regular season winds down.
The Storm men (5-14, 5-7 North Eastern Athletic Conference) tip-off against Cazenovia (5-15, 2-9 NEAC) at 6 p.m., followed by the Keuka women (13-5, 11-3) taking on Cazenovia (4-9, 5-15) at 8 p.m.
The Keuka men are seeking redemption against the Wildcats after the Storm couldn’t hang onto a 19-point first-half lead and dropped a 69-64 decision to Cazenovia on Jan. 25.
Keuka is in third place in the NEAC North division, three games back of second-place Wells with three conference games remaining. The top two teams from each division plus the third-place squad with the best record advance into the NEAC’s postseason tournament, which runs Feb. 21-26.
After winning three straight conference games, the Storm have lost six of the last seven, but hope to get back in the win column tonight.
Junior Teddy Tuggles (Rochester, NY/Gates Chili) scored 24 points on 9-for-15 shooting (60 percent) and freshman Joe Tortolon (Dundee, NY/Dundee) added a career-high 15 points on four ‘3s’ during Sunday’s 95-78 setback to Penn State-Abington.
Tuggles leads Keuka in scoring (14.1 points per game) and has reached double-figures in 15 of Keuka’s 19 contests while Tortolon, who averages 5.4 ppg., is scoring 10 points per game over his last five contests.
Matt Perry leads the Wildcats with 12.8 ppg. and 6.6 rpg., followed by Dieter Clauess, who is averaging 10.4 ppg. Cazenovia has lost three straight, and five of six, since the win over the Storm.
Keuka’s women sit in second place in the NEAC North with three games remaining before the postseason tournament. Keuka trails SUNYIT (10-1, 16-3) for first-place, with the two squads squaring off at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon inside the Weed Physical Arts Center.
Sophomore Casey Chamberlain (Perry, NY/Perry) nabbed Keuka’s Female Athlete of the Week honors after scoring 40 points with 28 rebounds as the Storm went 3-0 on the week.
Chamberlain recorded her first career double-double during Saturday’s 70-39 win at Wilson College, setting career-bests in points (16) and rebounds (16) while making 7 of 10 shots (70 percent) in just 22 minutes.
Facing Abington, Chamberlain scored a career-high 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds as the Storm won 65-51 Sunday afternoon in Abington, PA. Chamberlain shot 8-for-12 (75 percent) from the floor as the Storm picked up its fifth NEAC win in its last six games. Chamberlain’s 75-percent shooting performance was also a career-best.
Chamberlain’s not the only red-hot member of the Storm. Over her last six games, sophomore Danielle Gravel (Sidney, NY/Sidney) is averaging 15.7 ppg. She leads the Storm with a scoring average of 13.6 ppg., followed by classmate Jessica Bandrowski (Center Moriches, NY/Center Moriches), with an average of 12.2 ppg.
Getting off to a fast start has been a factor in Keuka’s success. The Storm is outscoring the opposition by 133 points (616 to 483) in the first half, an average of 7.4 points per game.
Keuka is looking to complete the season-sweep vs. Cazenovia; the Storm handled the Wildcats 75-53 back on Jan. 25.
Cazenovia has dropped eight straight since a 64-56 win over Penn State-Abington on Jan. 14. Megan McDermott leads the Wildcats in both scoring (13.6 ppg.) and rebounding (8.6 rpg.), followed by Erin O’Malley (10.8 ppg., 7.8 rpg.).
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