UTICA, N.Y. — The Keuka College Men's Basketball team lost on the road on Tuesday at Utica College 89-77 in a conference game.

Keuka College (3-18, 3-10 Empire 8) was led by Devin Milton (Opelousas, La. / Beau Chene) with 29 points. Mason VanDeMortel (Newark, N.Y. / Newark) added 11 points and a team-high seven rebounds. Nana Oteng (Queens, N.Y. / Martin Luther) set a new career-high with nine assists.

Utica College 89 vs. Keuka College 77

The Wolves got out to a fast start as Nana Oteng hit an opening jumper and Mason VanDeMortel followed with a three. After a Pioneers bucket, VanDeMortel hit two more triples and Oteng added another jumper as the Wolves led 13-2, forcing Utica into a timeout. The Wolves later pushed their lead to 15, a game-high, as Devin Milton collected a defensive rebound and charged down the floor for a layup to make it 20-5. The hosts responded with a quick seven points as Utica fought to stay in the game. The Wolves had a three-minute stretch where they only had one bucket and the Pioneers took advantage. Utica cut it to a one-possession game with two minutes left in the half and later took the lead in the final minute as Utica led Keuka 40-39 at the half.

Utica scored the first four points of the second half before Milton hit a jumper for the Wolves. The lead grew as the Pioneers scored seven more until Milton hit another shot two minutes later. The hosts continued to use small runs to create distance from the Wolves. Midway through the half, Utica built a 20-point lead, 73-53. An 8-0 run for the Wolves cut the lead down to 13, 79-66, with 5:40 left to play. Keuka battled until the end, a three by Lorenzo Bicknese (Somers, N.Y. / Somers) cut it to 10 points with 58 seconds left, but that would be as close as Keuka would cut it. Utica continued onto the 89-77 victory.

KC Notes:

• Keuka College is now 7-18 all-time and have lost five straight to Utica
• Through 21 games, Keuka has scored 1,732 points, eighth-most in program history
• Oteng's career-high nine led the way for Keuka in sharing the ball. The Wolves assisted on 24 of 32 field goals
• Nana Oteng surpassed 100 career assists in the game
• DJ Billings (Rochester, N.Y. / Greece Odyssey) hit his 50th career three on Tuesday
• Mason VanDeMortel hit three triples for the Wolves. He now sits in ninth on the single-season three-pointer list at Keuka College

Up Next for Keuka College: The Wolves return home for the final weekend of the regular season. Keuka College will host Hartwick College at the JMW Recreation and Athletics Center on Friday night. The Wolves will then welcome in the Gators of Russell Sage College on Saturday afternoon.