By Paul Gotham SANFORD, N.Y. – Jerry Burns gave his team a simple focus for Thursday night’s game: defensive energy. The Monroe Community College men’s basketball team got the message. Riding a relentless defensive effort the MCC Tribunes (20-5/9-0) moved within one triumph of clinching the Western New York Athletic Conference regular-season title winning for the 13th … [Read more...] about Monroe wins 13th straight with victory over Niagara County
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Tribunes topple the Niagara County CC Thunderwolves, 87-76
By Paul Gotham ROCHESTER, NY – Monroe Community College's men's basketball team lost the opening tap Saturday afternoon. That was one of the only occasions the Tribunes came up short. Marcus Gooding (Brooklyn, NY/ Franklin Delano Roosevelt) led three Tribunes in double figures as Monroe CC (16-5/5-0) defeated the No. 9 Niagara County Community College Thunderwolves … [Read more...] about Tribunes topple the Niagara County CC Thunderwolves, 87-76
Sheffer pitches Monroe to doubleheader split with Niagara County
By Paul Gotham ROCHESTER, NY – Dylan Sheffer (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield) hurled five shutout innings in the opener leading the Monroe Community College Tribunes to a doubleheader split (2-0/8-10) with the Niagara County Community College Thunder Wolves in WNYAC action at Tribunes Field, Sunday afternoon. Sheffer allowed just one hit, a two-out single in the first, en route … [Read more...] about Sheffer pitches Monroe to doubleheader split with Niagara County
Tribunes rally to clinch top seed
By Paul Gotham SANBORN, NY – Arnold Fripp, Jr. (Brooklyn, NY/Brooklyn Collegiate) and Jonathan Velez-Rivera (Bayamon, PR/Seneca Valley) paced an inside-outside attack as the Monroe Community College Tribunes (26-3/13-1) registered a 77-66 come-from-behind road victory over the Niagara County Community College Thunderwolves (20-8/11-3) in WNYAC action Saturday. Fripp … [Read more...] about Tribunes rally to clinch top seed
Desir leads Monroe past Niagara County, 87-76
By Paul Gotham ROCHESTER, NY – Monroe Community College men's basketball coach Jerry Burns went looking for energy from his team Thursday night. He found it in the form of his 5-9 point guard. Tashawn Desir (Brooklyn, NY/Nia Prep) led five in double figures as the Monroe Tribunes (21-3/8-1) erased an early deficit and went on to defeat the Niagara County Community College … [Read more...] about Desir leads Monroe past Niagara County, 87-76