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ALFRED, NY – The Alfred University men's basketball team played Bryant & Stratton College of Buffalo on Saturday afternoon. The Saxons (3-0, 0-0 Empire 8) defeated the Bobcats by a score of 80-73 to stay perfect on the young season.
 
The teams went back and forth during the opening minutes with the score being knotted at 30 with 2:41 to play in the first half. The remaining minutes of the first half were controlled by AU with the Saxons going on an 8-0 run to close out the period and head into the locker room with the 38-30 advantage.  Alfred would control the second twenty minutes as well, keeping the lead throughout the second half to come away with the seven point victory.
 
"I think offensively, we had good flow, we handled their pressure really well and we shared the ball a lot which gave us good shooting opportunities and allowed us to attack the rim," Assistant Coach Mike Romano said. "Moving forward, we just want to keep getting better and at this point, we still have a lot of potential and a long ways to go to get better."
 
Sage Brown (Cortland, NY/Cortland) had a big game for the Saxons with 18 points on 6-13 shooting and five steals on the defensive end. Elliot Bowen (Salamanca, NY/Ellicotville) and Cole Eells (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca) had 13 points apiece for AU while Scotty Stopera (Scotia, NY/Scotia-Glenville) and Sam Dagon (Hornell, NY/Hornell) chipped in 11 each. Stopera led the Saxons with four assist.  Alfred held the advantage with 19 second chance points to Bryant & Stratton's 10 and dominated the paint with 32 points as a team.
 
The Saxons will be back in action next Tuesday evening when they go to RIT to face off with the Tigers at 7PM.