BUFFALO, NY—Gordon Lyons netted 33 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead visiting Geneseo (12-8/8-5) to a 78-72 victory over Buffalo State (13-8/9-6) in a SUNYAC game tonight at the Sports Arena, stopping the Bengals' three-game winning streak.
 
Roderick Epps (Uniondale/Uniondale) paced Buffalo State with 24 points, shooting 8 of 23 from the field, and Lovell Smith (Buffalo/McKinley) had 15 points and 12 rebounds.  Jordan Glover (Buffalo/St. Joe's) chipped in 13 points and four assists off the bench, and Chris Cartwright (Binghamton/Binghamton) added 10 points on 3 of 17 shooting to go with six assists and four steals. 
 
Geneseo scored the first eight points of the game and opened up a 29-17 lead midway through the opening half.  The Bengals knocked down seven first-half 3-pointers, however, and took a 43-42 lead into the intermission. 
 
The lead changed five times in the second half with Buffalo State's biggest lead coming by five at 55-50.  Lyons hit a pair of free throws with 8:15 remaining to break a 60-60 tie, and Geneseo never surrendered the lead again.  The Knights led by seven with 3:21 remaining, before the Bengals closed the gap to 75-72 with 1:09 remaining.  The Knights made just 3 of 8 free throws in the final minute, but it proved to be enough as Buffalo State could not convert at the other end.

Geneseo shot 46 percent for the game, while Buffalo State hit just 31 percent, including going 9 of 29 from 3-point range.  The Bengals forced 18 Geneseo turnovers, and committed just six, but only managed to produce 13 points off of the miscues.
 
Buffalo State will play its final regular season home game this Friday against Fredonia at 5:30 p.m.