CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Cortland men's basketball team took a 16-0 lead less than seven minutes into the game and never looked back in an 83-56 win over visiting Potsdam. 
 
The Red Dragons (10-10, 6-7 SUNYAC) shot 57 percent from the field, including 54 percent (13-of-24) from 3-point land. Five Cortland players scored in double figures. Austin Grunder (Trumansburg/Charles O. Dickerson) led the way with 19 points and 14 rebounds, and he added three assists. AJ Lawton (Saratoga Springs) made 5-of-9 3-pointers and finished with 17 points and AJ Morales (Hopewell Junction/Millbrook) scored 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting (2-of-3 3-pointers). 
 
Humberto Cabrera (Millbrook) and Kareem Lubin (South Blooming Grove/Washingtonville) scored 11 points apiece. Lubin also had six rebounds and a team-high four assists, while Cabrera dished out three assists. 
 
Brian Pod was the leading scorer for Potsdam (9-9, 7-6 SUNYAC) with 16 points. He made four 3-pointers in seven attempts. Isaac Oduro Jr. finished with 13 points and MeSean Johnson led the Bears with six rebounds and five assists. Potsdam was held to 24 percent shooting from the floor in the first half and ended the game at 33 percent. 
 
Grunder scored nine of Cortland's 16 points in the game-opening run. He finished the first half with 15 points and nine rebounds to help the Red Dragons take a 40-20 lead. The margin grew to 30 points in the first 2:14 of the second half and as high as 35 points at the 13:20 mark. Potsdam eventually whittled the Cortland lead down to 22 points in the final two minutes before Cortland scored the final five points on a Davian Hall (Rosedale/Francis Lewis) layup and a Morales 3-pointer. 
 
Cortland is seventh in the SUNYAC standings, a half game behind sixth-place Geneseo (7-7) and one game behind fifth-place Potsdam. The top six teams qualify for the SUNYAC postseason tournament. Cortland has five league games remaining, starting next Friday and Saturday at Oneonta and New Paltz, respectively.