Photo by Courtney Peters
MICHELLE HALE
Sports Editor
Last weekend the Fredonia men’s basketball team played its final two games of the year.
The Blue Devils hosted Oneonta on Friday night where they lost 75-59. Sophomore forward Ian Helps had 13 points and seven rebounds, while freshman forward Jared Fish had 10 points and seven rebounds.
On Saturday, the Blue Devils hosted New Paltz for their final game where they fell short 74-72.
The Blue Devils last SUNYAC game ended with an exciting, yet disappointing, loss when they failed to score a basket to tie the game with 10 seconds left in the second half.
Helps was at the foul line and needed to make both shots. His first shot spun out of the net so Helps did something strategic: purposely miss the second.
Sophomore forward Justin Tapper got the rebound of the intentionally missed free throw, but didn’t get the game tying basket in the last few seconds.
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Helps led the team in scored with 23 points and 12 rebounds, Fish had eight points, three assists and seven rebounds, and junior guard Kesean Jackson finished with 13 points.
The last game of the season honored the three Blue Devil seniors, guard Alex Grace, forward Eric Zwierlein and guard Kelvin Muñoz. Both Grace and Zwierlein were captains and played for the Blue Devils for two years and all four years, respectively. Muñoz played one season for the men’s basketball team.
The Blue Devils ended their season 7-17 overall, and 6-12 in SUNYACs.