BROCKPORT, N.Y. – An early lead wasn't enough for the College at Brockport men's basketball team, with a 78-68 loss to SUNY Oneonta at home on Saturday, 78-68.
 
The Golden Eagles fall to 6-4 on the season and 1-2 in league play while the Red Dragons improve to 9-3 on the year and 4-1 in the SUNYAC.
 
Sophomore guard Hamed Shamseldin scored 21-points, while Clifton Lyerly was the only other Golden Eagle to work into double figures with 14, adding five rebounds, four assists and four steals.
 
Brockport shot 36.1 percent from the field (26-72) for the game, including 38.24 percent (13-34) in the first half. The Golden Eagles had 13 assists and 12 turnovers, and hit just 60.0 percent (12-20) from the free-throw line in the loss.
 
Head coach Greg Dunne's squad pushed a 12-0 run early in the contest to the 14:29 mark to post an early 14-3 advantage with a pair of buckets from Lyerly, and scores from David Clark and Shamseldin. The Golden Eagles continued to push, and after an 8-0 stretch, worked out to a 27-12 lead with 7:30 in the first half.
 
The Red Dragons pieced together a run of their own to cut the Brockport lead to just five with four minutes in the half, but a Patrick Modzelewski three just a minute later gave the Golden Eagles a 31-22 edge. A Oneonta three to close the half made the count 25-20 in favor of Brockport.
 
At the break Lyerly led the Golden Eagles with nine points and three assists. Pace and Shamseldin each netted seven at the midway point. As a team, Brockport shot 34.2 percent from the floor and held their opponents to 32.1 percent from the field while forcing 10 turnovers.
 
It was a tale of two halves, as the early Brockport lead vanished just three minutes into the second half when the Red Dragons took a 43-40 lead. The Golden Eagles worked for an 8-0 run to regain the lead at 50-43 with 14:48 to play.
 
Seven lead changes later, the Golden Eagles regained the lead at the 8:25 mark with a pair of Shamseldin buckets to take a 58-55 lead. Brockport held on to the advantage till the 3:40 mark, when a Oneonta free-throw evened the score at 66-66.
 
After a Matthew Smith layup with 3:29 to play gave Brockport the 68-66 advantage, the Golden Eagles struggled offensively, going scoreless the remainder of the contest. A 12-0 run from the Red Dragons to close put the contest out of reach for Brockport, as they fell 78-68.
 
Lawrence Coleman led Oneonta with 33 points and was a board shy of a double-double. Mikey McElroy netted 19 points and nine rebounds in the outing. The Red Dragons shot 44.2 percent (23-52) in the contest, with 19 turnovers.
 
Brockport led in several other categories, with a 10-6 second chance point count, 20 points off turnovers and a 40-26 tally of points in the paint.
 
The Golden Eagles will be back in action on Jan. 12 when they continue SUNYAC league play, at the No. 20 ranked SUNY Oswego.
 
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