ONEONTA, N.Y. – Carrel Joseph (Port-au-Prince, Haiti/Deer Park (NY)) recorded team highs of 14 points and eight rebounds as Cortland moved into second place in the SUNYAC standings with a 64-56 win at Oneonta.

Cortland (15-6, 9-5 SUNYAC) currently sits a half game ahead of both Geneseo and Brockport (each 8-5) and a game up on both Oswego and Oneonta (each 8-6) in the congested league race. Cortland will play at league leader Plattsburgh (12-1) on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Joseph made a career-best four 3-pointers in nine attempts. JP Reagan (Cortland) scored 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting, while T.J. Hefele (Greenlawn/Friends Academy), James Morales (Mount Kisco/Fox Lane) and Dre Hampton (Bronx/Frederick Douglass Academy) tallied eight points apiece. Hefele and Hampton finished with five rebounds each, and Blair Estarfaa (Buffalo/Maryvale) led the team with five assists.

Mikey McElroy led Oneonta (13-8 overall) with 20 points and four assists. Jackson Zuvic scored 12 points, including three 3-pointers, and Lawrence Coleman totaled 11 points and 12 rebounds. Jack Kolosky was also strong on the glass with 10 rebounds.

Cortland shot 44 percent from the field in the second half and finished at 38 percent. Oneonta shot 33 percent for the game, 38 percent in the second half. Cortland committed only seven turnovers to Oneonta's 13.

Oneonta led 17-9 midway through the first half, but Cortland scored the next eight points to tie the game. Cortland eventually led 25-21 at halftime.

The hosts took their largest lead of the second half at 40-37 on a McElroy layup with less than 13 minutes left, but Hefele tied it with a 3-pointer less than a minute later. The game was tied at 46-46 with about nine minutes remaining on a Jack Dignan basket, but Hampton gave Cortland the lead it wouldn't relinquish with two free throws after grabbing an offensive rebound on the ensuing possession.

Cortland led by seven at 55-48 on a Hefele trey with 5:17 left and again at 60-53 on a Joseph 3-pointer with 1:49 remaining, but both times Oneonta answered with 3-pointers of its own to close back with four. Hampton hit a shot with 1:13 left to give Cortland a 62-56 lead, and Oneonta missed three 3-point attempts over its next two possessions. Estarfaa locked up the game with two free throws with less than 30 seconds on the clock.