UR OVERCOMES NAZARETH, 70-57
Golden Flyers (5-6) play again Friday at 1:30 p.m.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Jan. 10, 2007) -- Three players scored in double figures for third-seeded Rochester Wednesday as the Yellowjackets defeated sixth-seeded Nazareth in men's basketball, 70-57, in the opening round of the JPMorgan Chase Scholarship Tournament at RIT.

Jon Onyiriuka had 18 points and 12 rebounds, his fourth double-double of the season. Mike Chmielowiec scored 16 points, while Jeff Juron contributed a dozen points.

Joe Canori led the Golden Flyers with 17 points, 14 in the second half. Corey McAdam (pictured) had 14 points and seven assists.

Rochester, 9-3 overall, advanced to Friday's semifinals to play second-seeded St. John Fisher, a 65-58 winner over RIT in another first-round game. Nazareth, 5-6 overall, plays RIT (5-6) in a consolation game Friday at 1:30 p.m. at Roberts Wesleyan.

Chmielowiec hit four three-pointes in the first eight minutes as the Yellowjackets jumped in front, 21-8. The shooting turned cold and Nazareth ran off an extended 15-3 run to pull within 24-23 with a minute left. The Golden Flyers had the ball in the front court when Uche Ndubizu picked off a pass, roared in for a dunk, and was fouled. He sank the free throw for a 27-23 lead. McAdam canned a two-pointer at the halftime buzzer to make it 27-25 at the break.

Both teams dueled evenly in the first three minutes of the second half with Nazareth twice tying the score in the early stages of the half. Rochester ran off a 9-0 spurt over 1:36 to take a 41-32 lead. Onyiriuka hit a hook shot, Ndubizu made a layup, Juron canned two free throws, and Tim Brackney drilled a three-pointer from right wing.

McAdam's trey later in the half got the Flyers within 45-41 before an Onyiriuka hook shot started a 6-0 run to rebuild the lead to 10. The Flyers did get it down to eight, 62-54, with 4:44 left before Rochester ran off eight in a row, four coming on an Onyiriuka dunk and a tip-in.

Onyiriuka had 14 of his 18 points in the second half. He added three blocked shots. Ndubizu had three steals and eight rebounds to accompany eight points.

Both teams improved their shooting in the second half. After making 40.7% (11 for 27) in the first half, Nazareth went 13 for 23 (56.5%) in the second half. UR made just 10 of 26 tries in the first half (38.5%), but recovered to make 15 of 27 shots in the second half (55.6%).

It was the second meeting of the year between the teams. Rochester defeated Nazareth, 74-71, in overtime in November.