Herkimer Men's Basketball Avoids Storm To Win; Ellis Leads Generals With 19 Points And 12 Boards

The six game of the 2010 NJCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament featured Davidson County Community College the Storm and the Herkimer County Community College Generals. Justin Glover from The Storm hit three 3-point field goals at the start of the game to gain the lead over the Generals. Herkimer and Davidson exchanged baskets throughout the first half. Matt Baldwin from Herkimer contributed beyond the perimeter to allow the Generals to pull ahead with two minutes left in the half. Herkimer was ahead 47-34 over Davidson at the half.

The second half tipped off with multiple steals and turnovers from both teams. With less than ten minutes to go in the second half, Davidson cut Herkimer’s lead to 9.   With four minutes remaining, the Herkimer Generals were able to extend their lead to 13 points, leading 80-67 over the Davidson Storm. With 45 seconds remaining in the second half, Davidson lowered their deficit to 6 points. Herkimer defeated Davison with a score of 91-87.

The Generals were led by Akeem Ellis with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists and the Storm was led by Justin Glover with 31 points. The Herkimer Generals move on to game 10 against Sullivan County Community College at 3 p.m. and Davidson plays their final round at 1 p.m. on March 13.