The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 27, 2024

Winter

Basketball Sports

Laker Gameday Preview: Men’s basketball vs Nazareth College

Oswego State Lakers men’s basketball opens up their 2016-17 campaign Tuesday as they host the Nazareth College Golden Flyers. Both teams are coming off winning seasons, with Nazareth’s season coming to an end in last year’s Empire 8 conference semifinals…

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Red Dragons hit game-winner with 0.4 remaining, punch ticket to NCAAs

The Cortland Red Dragons secured its spot into the Div. III NCAA Tournament with a nail-biting 77-74 win over the Oswego State Lakers Saturday. James Morlaes of Cortland heaved a three-pointer as time was expiring and nailed it with only…

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Men’s Basketball SUNYAC Final Preview: Oswego State vs. SUNY Cortland

Today at 4 p.m., the Oswego State Lakers men’s basketball team will look to pull another upset as they play the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons in the SUNYAC final. Oswego State defeated the No. 1 seeded Plattsburgh Cardinals last night…

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Without Sampson, Sortino and Covley help Lakers cruise vs. Hawks.

With Walter Sampson out to injury, the Lakers need to retool themselves a bit in a must win game against the SUNY New Paltz Hawks, they didn’t disappoint. After a shaky first few minutes, the Lakers dominated the remainder of…

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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,…