ONEONTA, N.Y. – Six different players scored in doubles and the Drew University men's basketball team started its 2022-23 season on the right foot, topping SUNY Cobleskill 92-60 in the first round of the SUNY Oneonta Michael A. Freilich Tournament.
The victory gave first-year Head Coach
Michael McSloy his first win at Drew.
The Rangers will now take on tournament host Oneonta in the championship game at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Oneonta defeated Pratt 85-34 in the other first-round matchup.
Senior forward
Michael Kane scored a team-high 14 points for the Rangers, who shot 50.0% for the game and a red-hot 48.6% (17-for-35) from 3-point range. Junior guards
Andrew Turco (13 points) and
Malcolm Newman (12 points) also contributed offensively while senior forward
Howard McBurnie, Jr. posted a double-double of 11 points and 15 rebounds.
Junior guard
James Anderson and sophomore forward
Dante Harward added 10 points apiece off the bench for Drew, which outrebounded the Fighting Tigers 43-30.
The Rangers never trailed and were in command early on after outscoring Cobleskill 42-28 in the first half. Kane nailed a 3-pointer on the first shot of the second half and the Tigers were unable to get closer than 15 the rest of the way.
