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CU Men's Basketball Preview - vs. Bard/Vassar (1/10-11)

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Gary Mikel

Men's Basketball | 1/9/2025 10:00:00 AM

Fresh off a win over St. Lawrence, the Clarkson University Men's Basketball team hopes to take that momentum into the weekend as the Golden Knights host Bard College and Vassar College at Alumni Gymnasium.

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The Series: The Golden Knights split both weekends last year against Bard and Vassar, winning on the road versus the Raptors before falling to the Brewers in two close contests. Clarkson then beat the Brewers in overtime but fell to Bard on day two of the weekend in 2023-24. The last time that the Green and Gold swept Bard and Vassar over a weekend was at home in the 2019-20 season.

Key Stats for Clarkson (7-4, 3-1 Liberty League): What looked like an early season aberration has turned into an expectation at the end of each game: Finn Cork leading the team in assists. The senior center has at least three assists in every game this year and ranks second in the Liberty League with 4.8 per game. He is also doing is regular duties at center by leading the conference in rebounding with 9.0 per contest while contributing 11.0 points per game. Those key parts to Cork's game help the Golden Knights lead the conference in assists per game (16.27 apg) and in rebounding margin (plus-6.2 rpg).

Key Stats for Bard (7-4, 2-2 Liberty League): The Raptors have a solid defense that ranks seventh nationally in opponents field goal percentage at 36.4%. Additionally, Azriel Almodovar leads the conference in steals per game at 3.3, having recorded at least three per game in eight of the team's 11 contests. An excellent rebounding guard as well, Almodovar leads the team with 7.6 boards per game despite standing just 6-0 tall. Laz Panagiotounis is the team's top scorer at 18.5 points per game, while Rowan Heinze is averaging 11.5 points per contest on a league-best field goal percentage of 54.2%.

Key Stats for Vassar (6-4, 2-1 Liberty League): If the Brewers get to the free throw line, it is as good as a basket, as the team ranks fifth nationally at 79.25%. That is helped Shea Fitzgerald, who gets to the line better than anyone else in the conference. Fitzgerald has made the fourth most free throws in the nation and makes more than anyone on a per-game basis. He also is shooting 93% from the line, among the best in the nation despite having taken usually twice as many as those that qualify in that category. Fitzgerald is averaging 32.3 points per game over the last three games, thanks to getting to the line 40 times with 37 makes in that stretch.



 
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Finn Cork

#40 Finn Cork

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6' 7"
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Players Mentioned

Finn Cork

#40 Finn Cork

6' 7"
Senior
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