{"id":42792,"date":"2013-02-25T12:30:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T17:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=42792"},"modified":"2013-02-25T11:23:35","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T16:23:35","slug":"morrisville-state-claims-neac-championship-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=42792","title":{"rendered":"Morrisville State claims NEAC Championship Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jailaan Kinsey (Syracuse, N.Y. \/ Jamesville-DeWitt) earned the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player award following his weekend performance of 29 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals, including 21 in the championship against Wells.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Junior forward Kucjok Ater (Syracuse, N.Y. \/ Bishop Grimes) throws down a fast break dunk. (Photos by Steve Samoyedny)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0By Brandy Thurston, Director of Sports Information<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(Morrisville, NY \u2013 Feb. 24, 2013) Top ranked Morrisville State College bu\"IMG_7244<\/a>\"IMG_6801\"<\/a>ilt up a 16 point lead in the first half and withstood a ferocious Express comeback in the second, to capture their second straight North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Men\u2019s Basketball Championship Tournament Title by a narrow 74-72 margin over Wells College Sunday afternoon in Morrisville.<\/p>\n

The Mustangs (21-5, 13-2 NEAC) earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament for a second consecutive year and will await tournament seeding as the NCAA selection show takes place Monday at 12:30 p.m. at www.NCAA.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wells College ends the season with a 13-14 overall record, an 8-7 mark against conference opponents.<\/p>\n

Morrisville State had four post double figures, led by\u00a0Jailaan Kinsey (Syracuse, N.Y.)\u00a0who tallied a team high 21 points on 8-of-10 shots from the floor, while adding three assists and a steal to his tallies.\u00a0Kinsey\u00a0was named the tournament\u2019s Most Outstanding Player.<\/p>\n

Brandon Hanks (Syracuse, N.Y.)\u00a0posted 18 for the Mustangs, assisting three and stealing three others, while teammate\u00a0Kucjok Ater (Syracuse, N.Y.) added 15 off the bench, while snagging five rebounds and assisting three. Mickey Davis (Syracuse, N.Y.)\u00a0rounded out the leader board with 12 points, six rebounds and three assists.<\/p>\n

Jordan Prior (Cortland, N.Y.)\u00a0dished out a team high seven assists, while Rhamel Williams (Bronx, N.Y.)\u00a0also collected six boards.<\/p>\n

Al Paul (Elmont, N.Y.)\u00a0posted a best 25 points in the Wells efforts, hitting 11-of-13 from the charity stripe, while collecting eight off the glass.\u00a0EJ Taylor (Tampa Bay, Fla.)\u00a0tallied 24, hitting six from long range, as\u00a0Jonathan Bonds (Chicago, Ill.)\u00a0snared a team best 10 rebounds, including four on the offensive glass, to go along with his eight points and three assists.<\/p>\n

JJ Walton (Ocala, Fla.)\u00a0registered seven assists.<\/p>\n

Both teams battled back and forth through the opening four minutes, before a three by\u00a0Davis\u00a0at 15:32 put the Mustangs ahead by two, a lead that wasn\u2019t relinquished for the remainder of the contest.<\/p>\n

Up by six with 12:28 to go in the opening stanza,\u00a0Taylor\u00a0cut the Mustang lead to three, nailing one from long range, but Morrisville State responded with an 8-0 run to increase the margin to 11 midway through the half.<\/p>\n

Wells climbed back to within eight, but\u00a0Kinsey\u00a0regained the 11 point lead for the Mustangs, draining one from beyond the arc, and Morrisville State took advantage of the fast break, building up a 44-27 advantage at intermission.<\/p>\n

In the second, Morrisville State increased the lead to as many as 18, but the Express put together a 12-0 run over a three minute span, behind a\u00a0Taylor\u00a0andPaul\u00a0offensive attack, to narrow the deficit to just six with 10:55 to go.<\/p>\n

After regaining an 11 point lead,\u00a0Taylor\u00a0hit one from long range to make it an eight point game and\u00a0Paul\u00a0followed, converting 7-of-8 from the free throw line and hitting a layup to bring Wells to within five with 3:50 to go.<\/p>\n

Walton\u00a0hit two from the free throw line to make it a three point game with 3:21 remaining, but\u00a0Ater\u00a0regained the five point advantage with a jumper for Morrisville State on the ensuing trip down the floor.<\/p>\n

With 1:01 remaining in regulation,\u00a0Taylor\u00a0buried two of three from the line to make it a 73-70 game in favor of the Mustangs. With 12 seconds to go, he added two more from the charity strip to his tallies on the day, bringing the crowd to the edge of their seats as nine ticks remained on the clock and Morrisville State holding a 73-72 lead.<\/p>\n

A hold by\u00a0Bonds\u00a0sent\u00a0Kinsey\u00a0to the line, who missed the front end of the two shot foul, but buried the second to make it a 74-72 game.<\/p>\n

Wells got one last chance in the closing seconds, but the Mustangs defense forced\u00a0Taylor\u00a0to throw up an off balance shot that clanged off the rim as time expired.<\/p>\n

Morrisville State shot 48.3 percent from the floor on the day, and converted 11-of-16 shots from the free throw line, as Wells hit 38.6 percent of shots from the floor, and 20-of-25 from the charity stripe (80.0%).<\/p>\n

Wells controlled the boards, holding the 41-29 advantage, including 18-9 margin on the offensive glass and out scored the Mustangs 45-30 in the second half, but Morrisville State forced 18 Express turnovers, collecting 23 points off of Wells miscues.<\/p>\n

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Jailaan Kinsey (Syracuse, N.Y. \/ Jamesville-DeWitt) earned the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player award following his weekend performance of 29 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals, including 21 in the championship against Wells. \u00a0Junior forward Kucjok Ater (Syracuse, N.Y. \/ Bishop Grimes) throws down a fast break dunk. (Photos by Steve Samoyedny) \u00a0By Brandy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}