Plattsburgh State's Kevin Tabb (11) with the finger roll as he drives down the lane for the score as part of a 12-point evening. It would be the battle of the North Country from Memorial Hall as the Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Potsdam State Bears in Men's Basketball action in front of 575 fans. The game would be tight through the first half as the Cardinals would have the 45-40 lead in a breakneck pace game after the first half. In the second half, it would come down to the last 10 seconds of the game as the Cardinals would come down and hit a layup from Ikechukwu Ezikea to give them the 75-74 lead. But then the Bears would take the inbound pass with three seconds left, and Nicholas Cortez would hit a three-pointer for the win past half court to beat the buzzer as the Bears got the 77-75 victory. In the winning effort, the Bears' Nicholas Cortez would lead the team with 27 points as they go to 3-14 on the season and head into their next game against the Morrisville State Mustangs. As for the Plattsburgh State Cardinals, Kareem Welch would lead the team with fourteen points as they fall to 9-8 on the season and head into their next game against the Cortland State Red Dragons. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Wol Machteng (23) with the off-balance layup as he would get his only 2 points on the evening. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Sam Bezio (10) comes after the puck as Saranac's Brody MaComner (4) breaks in on the net and gets knocked off the pu.ck before he gets there. It would be the second annual Aimee McLane Memorial Scholarship game from the American North Sports Center; The #14 Saranac Spartans would be hosting the Plattsburgh Hornets as the teams would battle for the conference lead at the season's midpoint. The game would remain scoreless after the period, but not because of the lack of effort on the ice, as the Spartans would outshot the Hornets 16-6. The Hornets would get the game's opening goal at the 9:34 mark of the period when Braden Calkins would snip it by Shawn McLane for the first goal and make it a 1-0 game. Then, in the period's closing minute, the Hornets would get the all-important two-goal lead as Braden Calkins would find the net again for the second time and take the 2-0 lead into the intermission. When the team returned for the third period, both teams would go after it again as the Spartans were hoping for the early goal in the period to help down the stretch. The Spartans would get on the board, but it would be late at the 15:28 mark when Landon Giroux would score on the scramble play to make it a 2-1 game. However, this night, Plattsburgh Hornets Owen Chapple was up to the task as he would make 44 of 45 saves on the night as they go to 6-6-2 and will be back into action Friday night against the Beekmantown Eagles. While Sean McLane would be good in his own right as he would make 18 saves as they fall to 8-5-1 on the season and will be back in action next Tuesday at Saranac Lake to take on the Sara Placid Lakers Gallery

Saranac's Landon Giroux (17) gets the goal on the scramble play in front of the net to make it a 2-1 game down the stretch. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Ladan Graves (15) with the finger roll over the defender for the score. It would be a battle inside the top of the SUNYAC Men's Basketball as the Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the SUNYAC Conference, the New Paltz Hawks, from Memorial Hall in front of 325 fans. The game would be tight through the first half, but the Cardinals would have a slim 36-33 lead as they went back and forth through the first half. In the second half, the game would stay tight as both teams would trade the lead back and forth a few times, but the Cardinals would have the 47-45 half as they secured the 83-78 victory. In the winning effort, the Cardinals would go to 9-7 on the season as Kareem Welch would lead the way with 19 points. As for the New Paltz Hawks, they would fall to 11-6 in the season, and AJ Knight and Dakoda Smith would combine for 17 points each night. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Franklin Infante (0) with the three from the elbow as part of an 18-point performance on the afternoon. Gallery

Beekmantown's Pryce Parker (44) stuffs it in between the Bellow Free Academy goalie and the post to make it a 4-2 game. We would have nonconference hockey from the Plattsburgh State Fieldhouse as the Beekmantown Eagles would take on out-of-state foe the Bellows Free Academy Bobwhites in Boy's Hockey action. Getting started would be a tight game as both teams would have their chances in the first period, but no one could get it in the back of the net for a score. The Bobwhites would get on the board first in the second period as they would score three goals in a span of 1:27 to take the 3-0 lead. The Eagles would get on the board with 2:41 left when Edward S would get them on the board and make it a 3-1 game after the second period. The third period would open up with the Bobwhites and regain their three-goal lead at 4-1 just 1:20 into the period. The Eagles would answer right back with a goal from Pryce Parker just 90 seconds later to make it a 4-2 game. From there, the Bobwhite's defense would be up to the task and hold on for the win. In the winning effort for the Bobwhites, Phoenix Wells would make 37 saves in the afternoon as they go to 4- 5- 1 on the season and head into their next game against Champlain Valley Union. As for the Beekmantown Eagles, Jake Bell would make 16 saves as they go to 8-5-1 on the season and head into their next game, February 5th, against Northeastern Clinton Cougars. Gallery

Beekmantown's Mason Carter (12) and Bellows Free Academy's Gavin Clark battle for the loose puck in the corner. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Selma Deisez (4) with the three from the corner as part of a 6-point afternoon. It would be a battle between a couple of the top teams, SUNYAC Women's Basketball, as the Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the New Paltz Hawks in front of 175 fans. The game would start well for the top team in the conference as the New Paltz Hawks would have the 24-16 lead after the first quarter. In the second quarter, the defense would step up for the Cardinals as they would hold the Hawks to just eight points, a score of their own, and tie the game at 32 as they entered the intermission. When the teams return for the third quarter, the game stays tight, as the Cardinals win the quarter 17-15 and have the 49-47 lead as they enter the fourth quarter. Also, in the third quarter, we would have a milestone event as Payton Couture would get her 1,000 points as a Cardinal. In the fourth quarter, the Hawks offense would come alive and have a 23-12 quarter as they would secure the 70-61 victory. In the winning effort for the Hawks, they would go to 11-6 in the season, and Abby Korzekwinski would lead all scorers with twenty points in the afternoon. As for the Cardinals, they would fall to 10-6 on the season as Jaden Wilson would have a team-high 16 points. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Imani Walcott (23) with the chippy she would put away for two of her 11 points on the afternoon. Gallery