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POTSDAM, N.Y. -- Fredonia State shook off a slow start Friday to down Potsdam, 73-69, in SUNYAC men's basketball.
Julius Bryant (Buffalo) led the scoring with 24 points on 10 of 13 shooting while
Damien Goodwin II (Buffalo) celebrated his birthday with 12 points, including several key baskets during a game-turning second-half rally.
Amir Billups (Buffalo) also had 12 points,
Leonard Smith (Brooklyn) collected 10, and
Jonathan Herrera (Queens) added nine, including two big treys.
The Blue Devils were 9 of 19 from beyond the arc. They improved to 11-7 overall and 6-6 in the SUNYAC while the Bears fell to 4-16 overall, 2-11 in conference.
Fredonia State trailed by as many as nine points in the first half before working their way back to trail 27-25 at halftime. Bryant had 10 points at the break.
A three-point basket by Goodwin forged a 31-31 tie -- the first time in the game Potsdam did not lead -- with 16:15 remaining.
Following a steal by Goodwin on a Potsdam foul, Smith gave the Blue Devils their first lead of the game, 35-34, with a pair of free throws. It was part of a 15-0 run which included a basket by Bryant, a three-pointer and a conventional two-point basket by Goodwin, and two treys by Herrera.
Bryant had 10 points in the first half and 12 points during the latter stages of the second half, which kept the Bears at bay. His last field goal was a dunk with just over one minute remaining.
The Bears pulled within three points in the late going before a free throw by Smith with six seconds left added insurance.
The Blue Devils are back in action 4 p.m. Saturday at Plattsburgh.
