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Dec. 27, 2024

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Laker Gameday Preview: Men’s Basketball vs. New Paltz

After a perfect 7-0 start to their season, the Lakers have lost five of their last eight games and all of them have come against conference rivals. It puts the Lakers in a tough spot for playoff contention. Despite the…

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Lakers lose despite Sortino’s second half performance

  The Oswego State Lakers looked to win its third straight game, as did celebrated junior guard Brian Sortino, but the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons prevailed 66-62, in a close, competitive game. The Lakers drop to 10-5 overall and 3-5…

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Laker Gameday Preview: Men’s Basketball vs. SUNY Plattsburgh

Looking to break a two-game losing streak and pick up its second conference win of the season, the Oswego State Lakers welcome the Plattsburgh Cardinals tonight at the Max Ziel Gymnasium. The game is a rematch of last season’s SUNYAC…

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Deep postseason run encouraging for Oswego State heading into offseason

The Oswego State men’s basketball team bowed out of the NCAA Tournament on March 6 in the first round, but the SUNYAC Champions will head into the offseason with a sense of accomplishment. The Lakers had a strong campaign in…

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Men’s basketball surprise team in big dance

The Oswego State men’s basketball team will be competing in the NCAA Div. III basketball tournament opening round on Friday, taking on the Calvin College Knights. The Lakers will be participants in the NCAA Tournament for the third time ever,…

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Oswego State makes progress as rookies lead turnaround

The Oswego State women’s basketball team came into this season not knowing what to expect with a young team. But they did have one common goal in mind, and that was improving off last season. Coming into the 2014-2015 season,…

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Men’s basketball returns to SUNYAC semis

The No. 3-seeded Oswego State men’s basketball team will travel to top-seeded SUNY Plattsburgh for the semifinals of the SUNYAC conference playoffs, where they will take on the No. 2-seeded SUNY Geneseo Knights. The other matchup pits the SUNY Plattsburgh…

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Men’s basketball survive, advance to SUNYAC semifinals

The Oswego State men’s basketball team overcame a rough first half and pushed ahead late to defeat the SUNY Oneonta Red Dragons, 68-59, to advance to the SUNYAC conference playoff semifinals. After the Lakers struggled down the stretch of the…

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Laker Gameday Preview: Feb. 14 v. SUNY Plattsburgh

The Oswego State men’s basketball team will take on its rival SUNY Plattsburgh on Saturday afternoon in a game that could determine the top seed in the SUNYAC playoff picture. The Lakers come into the contest with an overall record…

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Lakers start weekend with strong win

Oswego State, despite a rough start, cruised to its second straight victory on Friday night against SUNY Potsdam, 83-55. The win was a contest that saw the Lakers go on a 24-3 run to end the first half to gain…