Colts defeat Broncos after a 76 POINT HALF

- Middletown NY, 

On Thursday January 9th the SUNY Orange Colts defeated the Broncos of Bronx Community College in dominating fashion. To start of the game it was the Broncos who were able to score the game first points until the Colts managed to secure their first two points after Jabari Phillip was able to draw the foul and go 2-2 from the free throw line to start his night. The Colts quickly were able to earn their first lead of the game after a long three pointer from So. Guard Marquis Gill coming off a great look from teammate Daniel Lans to make the score 5-4. For the first five minutes of the game there was a back and fourth affair with both teams trading threes and due to their high intensity, fast moving play-style the Broncos were forced to call their first timeout as the score stood at 9 points each. 

Coming out of the timeout break, SUNY Orange started right where they left off scoring two quick baskets to force another Broncos timeout shortly after taking their first. With a 14-9 lead the Colts focused on playing smart basketball and not allowing the Broncos to come back before halftime. The Colts did just that as they were able to hold on to a 10 point lead going into halftime as the score stood at 40-30. Fr. Forward #22 Jabari Phillip had a great start to the first half being responsible for 12 out of the first 21 points scored by SUNY Orange.

Coming out of the halftime break the Colts looked like a brand new team as they came out firing on all cylinders, outscoring the Broncos 22-8 after six minutes of playing. With a 21 point lead the Colts showed no signs of letting up forcing Bronx Community College to call a timeout after the Colts earned their largest lead of the night with a score of 69-40 with 12:25 remaining in the game. Despite reaching their largest lead the Colts were not satisfied with the score as they would go on and outscore the Broncos 76-26 with a final score of 116-56. This victory is the first time this season that the Colts finish with triple digit points and the first time this season that they have defeated an opponent by 30+ points. 

The Colts move on to a 12-1 record before taking on well known opponent Raritan Valley Lions and the Thunder of SUNY Niagra on January 11th - 12th at the Monroe Athletic Complex at Monroe University.

 - Top Performers -

 - Forward #22 Jabari Phillip was the Colts leading scorer finishing with 30 points this is the second time this season that he has reached that mark. Jabari went 12/17 from the field and went a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line. Jabari finished tied with teammate Mathew Shea for leading rebounder as they both grabbed 11 boards, this was Jabari's 7th game finishing with a double-double. Jabari also added one assist, three steals and one block to his great night. 

 - Fr. Guard #11 Johnny Floyd came off the bench and was on fire, in just 12 minutes of play Floyd managed to score 14 points after going 5/9 from the field and an amazing 4/5 from behind the three point arc. Floyd also added one rebound, one assist and two steals.

 - So. Guard #3 Daniel Lans had himself an amazing game as he was one of three Colt athletes to finish with 12 points scored. Aside from his scoring performance Lans was all over the place on the court, Lans earned his first double double of the season and did it in a historic fashion finishing with 12 points scored lans also grabbed six rebounds, dished out eight assists and came away with a career and season high 10 steals!