KEUKA PARK, N.Y. — The Keuka College Men's Basketball team lost on Friday night to Utica College 92-71 in an Empire 8 Conference matchup at the JMW Recreation and Athletics Center.

Both Nana Oteng (Queens, N.Y. / Martin Luther) and Devin Milton (Opelousas, La. / Beau Chene) scored 16 points to lead Keuka College (0-4, 0-4 E8). DJ Billings (Rochester, N.Y. / Greece Odyssey) and Daniel Obunse (Queens, N.Y. / Flushing) each added nine for the Wolves.

Utica College 92 at Keuka College 71

The Pioneers posted an early 7-2 lead, but Milton and Oteng hit back-to-back threes for the Wolves to take the early 8-7 lead and force Utica College to call an early timeout. Later, Daniel Obunse had the steal and hit Nana Oteng for the fast break layup to give Keuka a 12-9 advantage. The first half featured the game being tied five times and eight lead changes as it remained tight for most of the first half. DJ Billings knocked down a three at 6:25 to tie the game at 31-31. However, that would be the last points for the Wolves until Isaac McIlroy (Watkins Glen, N.Y. / Watkins Glen) knocked down a three with 37 seconds. In the time between, Utica scored 16 straight to build a lead. The Pioneers led 47-36 at the half.

The Green and Gold would cut the margin back down to single-digits in the early minutes of the second half. Michael Mignone (Poughkeepsie, N.Y. / Roy C. Ketcham) converted an and-one play to make it 52-43. Later in the half, Utica would find their range from deep as they went on a 12-0 run on the backs of three three-pointers to take a 75-51 advantage. Keuka College would score nine straight, capped by a long pass from McIlroy to Milton on the break to cut the lead to 20 at 86-66 with 3:16 left to play, but that would be as close as the Wolves would make it as Utica College continued onto the 92-71 victory.

KC Notes:

• Keuka College fell to 7-16 all-time against the Pioneers
• The 71 points for Keuka marked a new season-high
• Both DJ Billings and Isaac McIlroy set new career-highs for scoring with nine and eight points, respectively
• Junior guard Michael Mignone set a new career-high with five assists against the Pioneers
• Bradley Stone (Rushville, N.Y. / Marcus Whitman) had three of Keuka College's six blocks on Friday. It was a season-high for the senior and the team on the defensive end

Up Next for Keuka College: No time to rest for the Wolves as Keuka College gets right back into action on Saturday afternoon as the Wolves travel south to face Elmira College for the first time as members of the Empire 8. Tipoff from Elmira is set for 4pm.