Golden Knights lose out on a game

Georgian Court suspends ‘majority’ of roster, calls off contest

The College of Saint Rose men’s basketball team, which rolled to victory by a combined 94 points in its first two regularseason games, didn’t get a chance Wednesday to extend its winning streak to three.

Saint Rose announced that the scheduled game at 6 p.m. at Georgian Court in Lakewood Township, N.J., was declared a no-contest by Georgian Court “due to an internal matter” on its campus.

Georgian Court associate director of athletics Christopher Mckibben said “behavior in violation of departmental rules occurred, resulting in the suspension of a majority of the men’s basketball roster.” Georgian Court is unable to put a minimum team on the roster at this time, Mckibben said.

Mckibben said the game won’t be rescheduled.

Golden Knights coach Mike Perno said he spoke with Georgian Court coach Terrence Stewart, who didn’t offer many specifics.

“They said something about there was something that happened on campus, like a violation that a couple of (players) got in trouble for, and they were canceling the game,” Perno said.

Perno said he found out on Tuesday night before the Golden

Knights left for New Jersey.

“It’s unfortunate we’re not playing,” Perno said. “What it does is give us an extra day to prepare. We play Adelphi on the road on Saturday, so it wasn’t the end of the world not taking a trip to New Jersey . ... It’s kind of really strange. I’ve never heard of anything like it.”

Saint Rose looked great at the Tournament of Heroes on Staten Island last weekend, blowing out D’youville 101-65 and then routing College of Staten Island 112-54.

“I think it was a good weekend,” Perno said. “Right now, our depth is really what stands out to me because we have seven, eight guys capable of scoring in double digits and I thought we did a good job of getting stops.”

Schalmont graduate Shane O’dell leads the Golden Knights at 19.5 points per game and Eric Fleming is averaging 16 points per contest. Saint Rose has five players averaging in double figures.

Adelphi, the Golden Knights’ next opponent, is picked to win the Northeast-10’s Southwest Division, while Saint Rose was chosen tied for last.

“It’s going to really give us an idea of where we stand,” Perno said.

Saint Rose lost an exhibition game to Siena 77-70 on Oct. 25 at Times Union Center.