HENRIETTA, N.Y. - Freshman Billy Serle and junior Colin Cubit combined for 41 points to spark Rochester to an 81-63 victory over SUNY Geneseo in the third place game of the JPMorgan Chase Scholarship Tournament at RIT.

Rochester had four men – three of them starters – score in double figures. John Charlesworth scored 12 points and Nate Novosel had 11 points. Max Kaplan had six points, nine assists, and four steals.

Scott Morton scored 20 points with six rebounds and three steals for the Blue Knights. Jeff Howe scored 19 points off the bench for Geneseo and pulled down seven rebounds.

Rochester's win boosted the Yellowjacket record to 11-3. Geneseo is 9-5.

Serle led all scorers with 22 points. He hit eight of 13 from the floor, three of five outside the arc. He added six rebounds (four offensive), two assists, and one block in 22 minutes.

Cubit finished with 19 points in 31 minutes as a starter. He hit seven of 15 from the floor, three of eight outside the arc. He led Rochester with eight rebounds, six on the offensive end.

With the score tied at 23-23, Serle scored inside twice to key a 14-4 run that pushed Rochester ahead, 39-27, late in the first half. Kaplan followed with a trey. After Howe tipped in a Geneseo miss, Matt Murphy drained a three, Novosel made a layup, and Kaplan made one of two from the line. Jason Segarra hit a jumper inside the key for Geneseo and Cubit sank a trey in the closing seconds.

Serle scored five points in a 9-2 Rochester run midway through the second half. It pushed the lead to 59-39. Geneseo got as close as 13 with five minutes left. Serle scored on a breakaway layup from Kaplan and the Knights could get no closer.

At the end of the men's championship game Saturday night, Novosel was named to the All-Tournament Second Team. As a group, Rochester received the Nick Urzetta Sportsmanship Award for its exemplary conduct through the tournament.