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Corey McAdam connected on a deep three-point basket as time expired Tuesday to lift the visiting Golden Flyers to an 86-84 victory over RIT in an Empire 8 men's basketball game. Corey McAdam finished with a team-high 24 points and eight assists to lead Nazareth.
The Golden Flyers, who have won seven of their last eight games, improved to 11-12 overall and 8-6 in Empire 8 games following the victory. The Tigers dropped to 17-7 overall and 12-3 in conference games. Nazareth moved into fourth place in the Empire 8 standings as Alfred upset St. John Fisher, 71-63, which drops Fisher to 7-7 in conference games. The top four teams qualify for the Empire 8 tournament later this month.
Nate Korinchak appeared to give RIT the victory as he converted a three-point play with 2.9 seconds remaining to give the Tigers their only lead of the second half at 85-84. After Korinchak's free throw, freshman
Jason Corletta, who inbounded the pass from under Nazareth's own basket, found Corey McAdam at mid-court. McAdam took a couple of dribbles then connected on his shot from about 30 feet out from the left side of the basket as the buzzer sounded.
The Tigers' Shawn Roe connected on a three-pointer in the closing seconds of the first half to cut the Golden Flyers' lead to 40-39 at halftime. Nazareth held the lead through most of the second half, stretching its advantage to eight points, 68-60, after two free throws from senior
Ryan McAdam with 9:19 remaining in the game.
RIT used a 16-8 scoring run to tie the game 76-76 with just under four minutes to play, but Ryan McAdam reclaimed Nazareth's lead with two free throws on the Golden Flyers' next possession. A free throw from freshman
Jake Fladd gave Nazareth a three-point advantage, but the Tigers' Mark Carson tied the score when he converted a three-point play with 2:38 left.
Ryan McAdam gave Nazareth a two-point lead with 2:03 left to play, but Roe answered for RIT to tie the score 81-81 about 20 seconds later. Corletta then gave the Golden Flyers an 83-81 lead with 1:18 remaining. After each team had an empty possession, Korinchak connected on his three-point play with 2.9 seconds left to give RIT its temporary lead, which also set up Corey McAdam's game-winning shot.
Corletta finished with 21 points and a team-high seven rebounds for the Golden Flyers. Ryan McAdam was the third Nazareth player to score in double-digits as he finished with 20 points. Senior
Jeff DeHimer and freshman
Phil Scaffidi each added seven points to Nazareth's offense.
RIT's Mark Carson had a game-high 31 points and 20 rebounds to lead all players. Roe finished with 13 points, followed by Marcus Lowe with 12 points, and Korinchak with 11 points. The Tigers held a 43-33 advantage in rebounds thanks to Carson's contribution.
The Golden Flyers close their regular season with key back-to-back home conference games. Nazareth hosts ninth-ranked Ithaca Friday, then finishes its season against Elmira Tuesday, Feb. 24. St. John Fisher, meanwhile, has home games against Utica Friday and Elmira Saturday.