POTSDAM, N.Y. – Austin Grunder (Trumansburg/Charles O. Dickerson) scored 28 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, and Danny Linehan (Blauvelt/Tappan Zee) and Kareem Lubin (South Blooming Grove/Washingtonville) each tallied 17 points, as Cortland defeated host Potsdam, 81-72, in SUNYAC men's basketball action. 
 
Cortland (7-6, 3-3 SUNYAC) has won four of its last five games. Potsdam fell to 4-6 overall and 2-3 in the SUNYAC with the loss. 
 
Grunder hit 10-of-20 shots from the field, including three 3-pointers, and made 5-of-7 free throws. Of his 15 rebounds, 14 came on the defensive glass, and he also finished with three assists and two blocks. Linehan scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half. He ended 6-of-11 from the floor, including 4-of-7 from the arc, and he also registered five rebounds and three assists. Lubin made 4-of-6 3-pointers and 6-of-12 shots overall and secured six rebounds. 
 
Also for the Red Dragons, Humberto Cabrera (Millbrook) contributed six points, four assists and four rebounds, and AJ Lawton (Saratoga Springs) had six points, including two treys, along with two assists. 
 
Colton Huestis scored 20 points for the Bears. He made 6-of-12 shots from 3-point distance. Brandon Segar Jr. finished with 18 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists and three steals, and Tyrese Baptiste made 8-of-12 shots and totaled 16 points and 11 rebounds. 
 
Cortland made a season-high 15 3-pointers on 30 attempts and shot 48 percent from the field overall. Potsdam ended at 43 percent shooting overall and 37 percent (10-of-27) from 3-point range. 
 
Potsdam led much of the first half, with its largest lead at 23-16 with 10:54 remaining. Cortland eventually rallied to take a 32-31 lead on a Grunder layup 5:32 left, but the Bears answered with two Jeff Williamson 3-pointers to go up by five. The Red Dragons had a response of their own as Lubin and Cabrera made treys in the final three minutes to give Cortland a 38-37 halftime lead. 
 
The hosts took six-point leads twice in the first seven minutes of the second half, but Cortland fought back and went up 60-59 on Riley McEvoy's (Homer) layup with about seven and a half minutes left. Potsdam's final lead came on a Segar layup less than 30 seconds later, but the Red Dragons took the lead for good on a Grunder layup at the seven-minute mark. 
 
Linehan scored the game's next five points on a 3-pointer and a jumper to put Cortland ahead, 67-61, with 4:46 remaining. The Red Dragons were holding on to a 73-69 lead with just more than a minute remaining when Grunder was intentionally fouled after a breakaway off a long inbounds pass. He made both foul shots, Cortland retained possession, and Grunder was fouled again and sank two more charity tosses to push the Red Dragon lead to eight. McEvoy hit two free throws, and Cabreara and Grunder hit one apiece, over the final 45 seconds to close out the scoring. 
 
Cortland will travel to Brockport Tuesday for a 4 p.m. contest.