Pioneers Advance to Semifinals

The Alfred State College men's basketball team came out on fire but had to hang on for a 76-70 victory over Jamestown CC in a Region III Division II contest.  The Pioneers improve to 17-13 on the season and will take on the #1 seed Monroe CC on Saturday in the semifinals.

The Pioneers jumped out to a 15 point halftime lead, 39-24, behind the play of Neil Wilson (Ft. Worth, TX) and Travis Brannen (Elmira Free).  Wilson was 6 for 7 (5 for 6 from three) in the half for 17 points while Brannen was 6 for 11 for 16 points.  The Pioneers shot 60.9% (14 for 23) from the field and was 7 for 9 from the three point line in the first half.

Alfred State expanded their lead to 57-24 in the first six minutes of the 2^nd half but JCC went to a press that got them back into the game.  The Jayhawks kept cutting into the lead but never could get any closer than six points.

Wilson finished with 30 points on 9 for 14 shooting (8 for 10 from three).  Brannen added 22 points and nine rebounds, Chris Dalton (Elmira Southside) came off the bench and chipped in 11 points.  Geoff Hicks (Buffalo/Cleveland Hill) finished with seven points and 10 boards and Dan Foley (Irondequoit) chipped in six points, eight rebounds, and four assists.

Marcus McAfee led the Jayhawks with 30 points on 11 for 23 shooting.  Cody Troutman chipped in 15 points while Jean Rene Brown finished with 14 points and nine rebounds.

ASC finished the day shooting 56.8% (25 for 44) from the field, 66.7% (10 for 15) from three, and 61.5% (16 for 26) from the foul line.  The Pioneers held a 42 to 29 advantage on the boards but were slowed down by 24 turnovers.  JCC shot just 39.1% (25 for 64) from the field, 14.3% (2 for 14) from three, and 60% (18 for 30) from the line.

The win was the first postseason win for Head Coach Jerry Jusianiec in ten years at the helm of the program.  Jusianiec and the blue and gold will look to keep the season going with their third match-up of the season vs. Monroe on Saturday.  MCC won the first two meetings both by ten points (66-56 and 89-79).  Opening tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Monroe CC.

ALFRED STATE COLLEGE 76, JAMESTOWN CC 70

ALFRED STATE COLLEGE (17-13, 8-7)

Wilson, Neil 9-14 4-6 30; Brannen, Travis 9-17 4-7 22; Dalton, Chris 2-3 5-8

11; Hicks, Geoff 2-5 3-4 7; Foley, Dan 3-5 0-1 6. Totals 25-44 16-26 76.

JAMESTOWN CC (14-14, 7-8)

McAfee, Marcus 11-23 7-11 30; Troutman, Cody 5-11 4-5 15; Brown, Jean-Rene

4-12 6-8 14; Wernham, John 3-7 0-3 6; Lee, Thomas 2-6 1-3 5; Yarber, Chris

0-4 0-0 0; Martin, Adam 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-64 18-30 70.

Alfred State College..........   39   37  -   76

Jamestown CC..................   24   46  -   70

3-point goals-Alfred State College 10-15 (Wilson, Neil 8-10; Dalton, Chris

2-3; Foley, Dan 0-2), Jamestown CC 2-14 (McAfee, Marcus 1-2; Troutman, Cody

1-5; Lee, Thomas 0-2; Yarber, Chris 0-3; Brown, Jean-Rene 0-2). Fouled

out--Alfred State College-Lorenzo, Chris, Jamestown CC-Troutman, Cody.

Rebounds-Alfred State College 42 (Hicks, Geoff 10), Jamestown CC 29 (Brown,

Jean-Rene 9). Assists-Alfred State College 23 (Brannen, Travis 5), Jamestown

CC 8 (McAfee, Marcus 3). Total fouls-Alfred State College 21, Jamestown CC

21.