POTSDAM, N.Y. – Julien Crittendon (17) and Jamal Achille (16) lead the Lakers to their ninth-straight win by double digits or more.

THE BASICS

• Final Score:  Oswego 76, Potsdam 58
• Location:  Jerry Welsh Gymnasium, Potsdam, N.Y.
• Records:  Oswego 12-1 (6-0 SUNYAC), Potsdam 4-5 (2-2 SUNYAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Lakers went on an 8-0 run after going down by four early on in the first half.
• This run was lead the run with a pair of three's from Devin Green, continuing his early first half success against opponents.
• With small runs on each side the Lakers found themselves down by one point at 10:12 remaining in the first half.
• From here the Lakers started to pull away, going on a 12-2 run started by a layup by Jeremiah Sparks, giving them the nine-point lead (29-20).
• The Lakers had the advantage with nine points to the Bears six in the closing minutes, bringing the score to 40-29 in favor of the Lakers entering the second half.
• In the first half the Lakers scored 12 points off of 7 turnovers.
• Oswego out-shot the Bears 45.5% to 30.8% in the first half.  
• The first five minutes of the second half was a seesaw of points.
• With 15:04 remaining the Ahkee Anderson received the ball from sparks for a layup, going up by 15 points (51-36)
•  Anderson continued his play-making abilities, earning two straight assists on baskets from Christian Simmons and Sparks. Bringing the Laker lead to 19 points (59-40).
• Potsdam went on a three-pointer spree starting at 11:54, this cut the lead to 12 with 10:46 remaining.
• With seven minutes remaining the Bears came up with multiple stops and capitalized, cutting the lead to seven.
• With the momentum all in Potsdam's favor, leading scorer Julien Crittendon hit a crucial three-pointer, swaying the momentum and bringing the lead back to double digits with just under six minutes remaining.
• At the two-minute mark, the Lakers gathered two huge offensive rebounds, killing the clock.
• Achille and Sparks finished the contest just one rebound shy of a double-double.
• Anderson concluded with six points and four assists for the green and gold.
• Also scoring was Simmons, Luke Van Slyke and Cole Hunter.
• Oswego shot 56% from range hitting five of nine and 71% from the line (5-7).
• The main factor in this game was how the Lakers took advantage of turnovers from Potsdam, scoring 21 of their points directly off of turnovers.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Lakers will stay in the North Country taking on the Cardinals of Plattsburgh tomorrow for a 4p.m. tip-off.