POTSDAM, N.Y.-- Sophomore men's basketball player Nicholas Cortez (Harlem, N.Y. / La Salle Academy) and senior women's basketball player Jenna Cotter (Johnson City, N.Y. / Susquehanna Valley) have been named SUNY Potsdam Athletes of the Week for the week ending February 1.  

 

Cortez helped the Bears to a 2-1 week, averaging 20.7 points-per-game on 49% shooting and 67% from the 3-point range across the three contests. At Plattsburgh on Tuesday, the guard recorded a career-high 27 points on 6-of-7 3-pointers made. He scored the game-winning three at the buzzer as the Bears beat the Cardinals 77-75. In the win over Morrisville on Friday, he added 15 points and eight assists. He ended the week with another 20-point game against Cortland.  

 

Cotter ended the week averaging a double-double of 17.3 points-per-game and 11.7 rebounds-per-game as the Bears went 2-1. In Tuesday's victory at Plattsburgh, she recorded 17 points and 15 rebounds. The forward racked up another 17 points, 13 rebounds, and three blocks Friday versus Morrisville. She finished the week with an 18-point performance against Cortland, grabbing seven rebounds and blocking two shots.  

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 4  

Men's Track and Field at Plattsburgh – 4 p.m.  

Women's Track and Field at Plattsburgh – 4 p.m.  

 

Women's Basketball at Oneonta – 5:30 p.m.  

Men's Hockey at Cortland – 7 p.m.  

Women's Hockey at Plattsburgh – 7 p.m.  

Men's Basketball at Oneonta – 7:30 p.m.  
 

Women's Basketball at New Paltz – 2 p.m.  

Men's Track and Field at Utica Invitational – 3 p.m.  

Women's Track and Field at Utica Invitational – 3 p.m.  

Men's Basketball at New Paltz – 4 p.m.  

Men's Hockey at Morrisville – 7 p.m.