GENESEO, N.Y. - The SUNY Geneseo men's basketball team couldn't pull out a senior day victory against Cortland on Saturday afternoon, as they fell to the Red Dragons, 67-60. The Knights honored their pair of seniors, Harrison Dignan and Kevin Ranaghan, with a short pre-game ceremony.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Geneseo came out strong, taking a double-digit lead less than 10 minutes into the action. The Knights went on a 10-2 run powered by three's from Harrison Dignan and Ethan St. Lucia to go up 24-14 at the 10:45 mark.
• The Red Dragons quickly fired back with a run of their own, and regained the lead 28-27. However, St. Lucia stepped up for Geneseo and delivered eight straight points to make it a 37-33 advantage for the Knights. A pair of free throws from Sebastian Pacheco capped off the scoring for the half and Geneseo took a six-point lead into the break.
• Cortland picked up seven unanswered points to open up the second half, and never looked back as they quickly extended the lead to 10 points.
• Cole Kattan drained a couple of big three point shots down the stretch to close the gap, but the Knights couldn't complete the comeback and fell, 67-60.

QUICK FACTS

• The Knights had locked up the #6 seed for the SUNYAC playoffs following their win against Fredonia the night before, and will travel to Cortland for the quarterfinal round.
• St. Lucia dropped a season-high 20 points to lead Geneseo's offense, while Pacheco chipped in 11 of his own.
• St. Lucia also led the team in rebounding with 10, while Kattan came up just short of his own double-double with eight rebounds and nine points.

WHAT'S NEXT
Geneseo will travel to Cortland on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. for the quarterfinal matchup.