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AU basketball teams have a difficult journey ahead

By
Winston Geller
02/12/2010


The Saxons have shown signs of improvement in the last two weeks, stringing together two clutch wins on their three game homestand. One of these victories was an Empire 8 conference game against Hartwick, an important win for the struggling Saxons' 1-8 record thus far. This victory secured the second Empire 8 conference win for the team. Although they were able to pull out the win, it did not come easily as the score was at a dead draw 62-62 with just a single minute in regulation time remaining. Junior guard Mike Stopera, probably the biggest asset for the Saxons' squad this year, netted the final 6 of his game high 26 points. Although the last 2 conference games for squad have been in the loss column, pulling out that second conference win could be the steam the Saxon engine needs to gear up for the bumpy road ahead. The Saxons face off this week against RIT in Rochester and Elmira and Nazareth at home to conclude their season. The Saxons rank 8th out of 9th place in the division and with all conference games left, each game is critical to pull out a win. With three out of the four games at home, I personally like our odds.

The women's basketball team over the past two weeks has been subject to some real heartbreaks, losing to both Hartwick and Fisher on last second makes. Although the team has fallen short, losing their past 3 games, they did secure a victory against Nazareth back on Jan. 29, gaining their third conference win. In that particular game, the tide turned as it was the Saxons who won the game in buzzer-ending fashion, defeating Nazareth 56-54. The women's team also faced off against Utica on the 12th. There is an away game at RIT on Feb. 16 and the final two games at home against Elmira on the 19 and Nazareth on the 21. Alfred is currently in 8th place out of 9 teams in the conference. Like the men's team, the women also play three out of their final four games at home, which should give them a solid competitive edge on the short but difficult stint ahead of them.