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Hot-Shooting Abington Stops Men’s Hoops
Freshman Joe Tortolon scored a career-high 15 points, but Keuka College's men's basketball team suffered a 95-78 loss to Penn State-Abington Sunday afternoon.
Junior Teddy Tuggles (Rochester, NY/Gates Chili) scored 24 points and freshman Joe Tortolon (Dundee, NY/Dundee) added a career-high 15 points, but Keuka College’s men’s basketball team suffered a 95-78 setback at Penn State-Abington Sunday afternoon.
Keuka (5-14, 5-7 North Eastern Athletic Conference) placed three players in double-figures, as Tuggles and Tortolon were joined by freshman Coty Paige (Rochester, NY/Greece Arcadia), who scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds.
Tuggles shot 9-for-15 (60 percent) and grabbed six rebounds with two steals while junior Conor Boyer (East Rochester, NY/East Rochester) added eight points and nine rebounds. Freshman Tyler Hixson (Shortsville, NY/Red Jacket) added eight points and seven boards for the Storm, which outrebounded Abington (8-11, 5-5 NEAC) 42-37.
The Storm shot 29-for-71 (40.8 percent) compared to Abington, which connected on 35 of 63 shots (55.6 percent). Tuggles scored Keuka’s first four points and Boyer, Tortolon and senior Brian Cunliffe (Rochester, NY/Gates Chili) each made layups to give Keuka a 10-8 lead five minutes in. Cunliffe then buried a ‘3’ with 13:20 to go before halftime to put the Storm up 13-12, but that was Keuka’s last lead.
Abington used a 25-10 run over the next eight minutes to take a 37-23 lead, and never led by less than 11 points over the remainder of the half. The Nittany Lions took a 49-35 halftime lead.
The Abington lead grew to 56-35, but the Storm hung around, and when Tortolon buried a ‘3’ Keuka pulled within 10, 81-71 with five minutes remaining. Abington sunk 8 of its final 9 free throws to snap a four-game conference losing streak. Five players scored in double-figures for Abington, led by Will Alton (22 points), Max Alton (17), Mike Marvin (13 points, 13 rebounds), Josh Howard (11) and Mike Colacci (10).
The Storm returns to action with a 6 p.m. road clash against Cazenovia College on Wednesday night. Keuka fell to Cazenovia 69-64 at home on Jan. 25.
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