MCLA Men drop third straight, fall at Sage 82-59

Troy, NY- The MCLA Men's basketball team dropped their third straight game falling to Sage College 82-59 this evening in a non conference tilt.  The Trailblazers fall to 3-9 overall as they head into the MASCAC opener on Tuesday night.  Sage improves to 5-4 with the victory.

John Jones led MCLA as he grabbed 26 rebounds and added 18 points.  Paul Maurice was the only other player in double figures finishing with 13 points.

Sage ended the opening half on an 8-3 run to grab a 40-29 halftime lead.  With the lead holding at twelve points at 55-43, Sage would score seven straight points to grab a commmanding 62-43 lead with 11:23 to play.  MCLA would never recover as the closest they would get would be 14 points the rest of the way.

Sage placed five players in double figures led by Mason Horne's 20 points.  Jeff Stopera would finish with 17 points, including 13-16 from the charity stripe.  Three Gators, Matt Farbotko, Ryan Sager, and Troy Nwanna would each end the night with 12 points. 

For MCLA, Jones was a one man band.  Of his 26 boards, 13 were on the offensive end.  Maurice was 5-10 from the floor in collecting his 13 points.

Sage shot a strong 52% compared to just 30% for MCLA.

The Trailblazers will look to snap the slide on Tuesday night when they host Salem State in the MASCAC opener at 7:30pm.