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FOR RELEASE: Immediate, Thursday, February 1, 2007
The Hudson Valley Community College (15-7/9-7 Region III) came up short in a 70-64 loss at Fulton-Montgomery Community College (16-2/14-2 Region III) on Thursday.
Freshman guard Ryne Luce (Cohoes/Cohoes High School) finished with 21 points to lead Hudson Valley. Sophomore guard Rocco DiJohn (Scotia/Scotia-Glenville High School) hit five three-point buckets en route to 17 points and sophomore Zach Bye (Scotia/Scotia-Glenville High School) chipped in nine points, 10 rebounds and five assists.
FULTON-MONTGOMERY 70 HUDSON VALLEY 64
Hudson Valley (64): Rocco DiJohn 5-2-17, Ryne Luce 7-4-21, Maurice Lane 2-2-6, Zach Bye 4-0-9, Corey Harkins 0-6-6, Kevin Goutos 2-1-5, Totals: 20-15-64.
Fulton-Montgomery (70): Mercedes 6-4-16, Munnerlyn 3-2-8, Leaver 8-0-16, Campbell 3-0-6, Charles 1-2-4, Smith 5-1-12, Jenkins 2-0-5, Jarvis 1-0-3, Totals: 29-9-70.
Three-point goals: Hudson Valley 9 (DiJohn 5, Luce 3, Bye); Fulton-Montgomery 3 (Smith, Jenkins, Jarvis).
Halftime: Fulton-Montgomery led 31-24.