PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Senior forward Adam Jaquish (Moriah, N.Y./Moriah) nearly forced overtime in tipping in a shot as time expired, but the attempt came a fraction of a second too late in the Plattsburgh State men's basketball team's 61-59 loss to SUNY Geneseo in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) action on Friday evening at Memorial Hall.
 
With 4.4 seconds left on the clock down by two, the Cardinals inbounded the ball from the right side in their frontcourt coming out of a timeout. Senior guard Nick DeAngelis (West Milford, N.J./West Milford) got the ball at the top of the key and drove left, taking a shot with just less than a second on the clock. Jaquish crashed the boards on the opposite side and tipped the ball in just after time expired, as Geneseo completed a comeback to snap Plattsburgh State's 29-game home winning streak that dates back to the beginning of the 2017-18 season.
 
Plattsburgh State falls to 4-6 overall (1-2 SUNYAC) with the loss and entertains The College at Brockport tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m. Geneseo rises to 4-6 overall (1-2 SUNYAC) with the win and visits SUNY Potsdam tomorrow at 4 p.m.
 
Geneseo stayed a step ahead of Plattsburgh State in the early stages of the game, leading by as many as five after sophomore forward Michael Gannon drained a 3-pointer with 7:59 left in the first half. The Cardinals countered with a 7-0 tear, and DeAngelis gave the home team the lead with 6:34 remaining in the opening stanza with a layup. After Geneseo's freshman guard Harrison Dignan tied the score at 24-all, freshman guard Axel Rodriguez (Brooklyn, N.Y./New Paltz) buried a 3-pointer to put Plattsburgh State up, 27-24. The Knights took the lead on the strength of a 6-2 run, but a layup by freshman forward Erik Salo (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem Central) that beat the buzzer handed the Cardinals a 31-30 advantage heading into the intermission.
 
Plattsburgh State went on an 8-2 surge to begin the second half, and a pair of made free throws by junior guard Travis Cox (Brooklyn, N.Y./Frederick Douglass Academy) put the Cardinals out in front, 39-32. A 3-pointer by senior guard/forward Jeremy Eisenman (New York, N.Y./NEST+m) with 14:34 remaining in regulation staked Plattsburgh State to a 47-38 lead, which wound up being its largest of the contest. The Knights continued to chip away at the deficit and wound up taking their first lead of the half with 27 seconds left when Gannon scored on a layup.
 
After the Cardinals misfired on a shot on their next possession, the ball went off a Plattsburgh State player and out of bounds, giving the Knights the ball with 11 seconds remaining. The Cardinals fouled quickly, and Gannon went 1-of-2 at the line to make it a two-point game. Cox came down with the defensive rebound to give Plattsburgh State one last possession, and a pair of Knight fouls set up the final play with 4.4 seconds on the clock.
 
Plattsburgh State shot 33.8 percent (23-of-68) from the floor for the contest, including a 28.1 percent (9-of-32) mark from distance. Geneseo, meanwhile, was 42.6 percent (26-of-61) from the field but was hampered by 36.4 percent (4-of-11) shooting from the line. The Knights finished with a slight 45-40 edge in rebounds and turned the ball over 14 times compared to the Cardinals' 12 giveaways.
 
DeAngelis paced the Cardinals with 22 points, six rebounds, two steals and an assist, while Cox and Rodriguez each drained 12 points. Jaquish grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds and doled out a career-high four assists, while Salo pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds. Defensively, Cox tallied four steals and a block.
 
For Geneseo, Gannon scored 21 points on 9-of-16 shooting from the field, while sophomore guard Elijah Wingfield drained 15 points coming off the bench. Junior guard Joseph Harclerode pulled down 16 rebounds, while junior forward Alex Merhige registered four steals.