KEUKA PARK, N.Y. — The Keuka College Men's Basketball team lost on Tuesday night to St. John Fisher University 86-81 in an Empire 8 game at the JMW Recreation and Athletics Center.

Devin Milton (Opelousas. La. / Beau Chene) hit six threes and led Keuka College (7-9, 5-4 Empire 8) with 22 points. Will Tehan (Victor, N.Y. / Victor) scored a season-high 16 points. Also in double figures were Mac Creek (Tampa, Fla. / Cambridge Christian) and Christian Sage (Owego, N.Y. / Owego Free Academy) with 12 and 11 points, respectively.

St. John Fisher University 86 at Keuka College 81

The Wolves jumped out to an early 8-2 lead against the Cardinals, capped by a three-point-play by Alijah Ellis (Portsmouth, Va. / Indian River / Fork Union Military Academy). St. John Fisher responded with eight straight to take the lead, but Devin Milton hit a three to end the run. The lead would change hands 10 times in the opening 20 minutes. Key to the Wolves was their three-point shooting. Keuka College was 50% from deep, making 10 threes in the first half. The Wolves secured the lead in the first half with seven unanswered points to lead 34-27. The advantage was later pushed to nine, the largest of the half, on a three by Mason VanDeMortel (Newark, N.Y. / Newark). The Cardinals answered with an old-fashioned three-point-play but Keuka remained ahead by six, 47-41, at the half.

St. John Fisher scored the first nine points of the second half to extend their run to 12 and take a 50-47 lead to start the second half. Will Tehan made a layup to stop the run. After a Fisher basket, Tehan knocked down a three to tie the game at 52-52. However, St. John Fisher answered right back with nine straight points for the lead. The Cardinals extended their lead to 12 points with 7:27 left to play, but the Wolves continued to fight. The Green and Gold scored nine straight, capped by a three-point play by Will Tehan, to make it a one-possession game, 72-69, with five minutes remaining in the game. Fisher scored, but Devin Milton answered with a three to make it a two-point game. However, that would be as close as the Wolves could make it. The Wolves fouled in the final minute trying to extend the game, but St. John Fisher iced it from the line to defeat the Wolves 86-81.

KC Notes:

• Keuka College is now 3-29 all-time against St. John Fisher University and 2-10 at home against the Cardinals
• With his 22 points, Devin Milton becomes just the second play in Keuka College Men's Basketball history to score over 1,400 points in his career
• Milton passes Jared Wagner '15 for third on the career three-point list with 157 made in his career
• Will Tehan hit his 50th career three on Tuesday
• Mason VanDeMortel led the Wolves with three blocks. The senior has 70 in his Keuka College career, tying for eighth on the career list
• VanDeMortel also passed Bob Duvall for seventh on the career threes list at Keuka

Up Next for Keuka College: The Wolves are on the road for a pair of Empire 8 games this weekend. Keuka College will play at Russell Sage College and Hartwick College on Friday and Saturday. The Wolves swept the weekend against the Gators and Hawks earlier in January in the games played at Keuka College.