Rochester, NY (1/31/15)- The Utica College men's basketball team fell to Empire 8 frontrunner St. John Fisher, 100-65, in conference action Saturday afternoon. 
 
The Pioneers fall to 8-13 on the year and 4-8 in the Empire 8, while Fisher improves to 17-2 and remains unbeaten in league play with a 10-0 record. 
 
Utica had four players score double digits, including Robert Tutein (Nanuet, NY/Nanuet), Aaron Nevins (Buffalo, NY/Canisius), Conor Maisch (Kingston, NY/John A. Coleman), and Jawan Simmons (Syracuse, NY/Nottingham).  Tutein led the Pioneers with 11 points, including three 3-pointers.  Nevins netted 10 points, and added a team-high five assists, while Simmons led UC reserves with ten points and three rebounds in 16 minutes off the bench.  Griffin Kelly (Watervliet, NY/Watervliet), Agim Hamiti (Prishtina, Kosovo/Syracuse Academy of Science), Dillan Veeder (Canajoharie, NY/Canajoharie), and Ian Henderson (Chateaugay, NY/Chateaugay) combined for 15 points. 
 
Fisher had five players score at least ten points, led by Keegan Ryan's 22-point, 10-rebound performance as the Cardinals pushed their win streak to 15 games. 



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