CONTACT: Steve Mullen (518) 629-8063
FOR RELEASE: Immediate, Saturday, November 5, 2005
The Hudson Valley Community College (2-0) men's basketball team remained perfect two games into the season with a 78-67 win over North Country Community College (0-2) on Saturday afternoon in Troy.
Sophomore J.R. Battle (Binghamton/Binghamton High School) finished with 23 points to lead Hudson Valley. Sophomore Ryan Livingston (Bethlehem/LaSalle Institute) added 16 points and sophomore Khylan Hunt (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs High School) contributed 13 points.
Hudson Valley will visit Finger lakes Community College at 9 p.m. on Saturday, October 12 for its first road game of the season.
North Country (67): Howser 2-0-5, Miller 1-1-3, Polke 3-0-6, Akey 2-2-6, Delfino 3-0-6, Volkmann 4-1-11, Ives 1-0-2, Gilbert 6-2-14, Sims 2-0-4, Diamond 1-0-2, Fields 3-2-8, Total: 28-8-67
Hudson Valley (78): J.R. Battle 9-3-23, Malon Sousis 3-0-6, Mike Canape 1-1-3, Allan Dickson 4-3-12, Khylan Hunt 3-7-13, Larry Tape 2-1-5, Ryan Livingston 5-6-16, Totals: 27-21-78.
Halftime: Hudson Valley, 43-30
