Eamonn Mahar is finishing up his first year with the Iona College basketball team in Westchester County.

The Panthers traveled to Syracuse Tuesday to take on the Onondaga Community College Lazers in the NJCAA Region III quarterfinals.

The team played in the Mid-State Athletic Conference championship game for the first time in program history.

Cortland had its seven-game win streak snapped with the loss and is now 9-2 on the year.

Lydon scored a season-high 20 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds in Cortland's 90-66 victory at SUNY Old Westbury this past Saturday.

Cortland won its seventh straight game.

Sebastian Alderete hit two free throws with 11 seconds remaining to lift Ithaca past Cortland.

The Red Dragons improved to 1-4 overall and 1-2 in the conference, while the Mustangs fell to 1-3-2 and 1-3.

The Bombers held off a brief Cortland second-half rally to defeat the Red Dragons, 48-20, in the 59th annual Cortaca Jug rivalry game.

This is the 59th time that Cortland and Ithaca are playing for the Cortaca jug.