The University of Rochester men's basketball team enjoyed a record setting day in the consolation round of the Chuck Resler Tournament on Saturday afternoon.
The Yellowjackets (1-1) captured third place in the tournament by defeating D'Youville College (0-2) 119-66.
Junior guard Tyler Seidman led Rochester with a career high 29 points while making a UR record nine 3-pointers. Seidman started the game on fire, hitting his first five treys and helping UR out to a 28-5 lead over the first 6:33.
Rochester as a team set a school and Palestra record with 23 total 3-pointers made and 36 3-point attempts (63.9%). The 119 points is just one shy of the single game high in the 113 year history of the UR men's basketball program (UR scored 120 vs. Union (NY) on 2/17/1970).
Sophomore Kyle Reardon was a perfect 7-7 on the day including 4-4 from behind the arc for a career high 18 points. Freshman Zack Ayers pulled down his first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
All but one player on the Yellowjacket roster scored in the game and nine different players recorded a 3-point FG. Junior Kevin Sheehy did a great job facilitating the offense, dishing out a career high nine assists. As a team, UR had 33 assists on 39 field goals.
The 119 points is a tournament record for a single game, breaking the mark set by the 1988-89 team which scored 116 points against Manhattanville. The 18-20 (90%) free throw mark by UR is also a tourney best.
Behind the 29 point performance, Seidman was named to the Resler All-Tournament team along with D'Youville's Julian Reed who had 12 points, 3 blocks and 3 steals on the day.
In the championship game, Tufts captured the title with a 96-78 victory over Oneonta State. The Jumbos scored a combined 209 points in the tournament, smashing the record of 183 also set by the 88-89 Rochester squad. Other members of the All-Tournament squad were Oneonta's Jack Dignan and Zach Mager along with Tufts' Hunter Sabety. The tournament MVP was Tufts' Kwame Firempong.