December 21, 2008
MBB: DOLPHINS TOP GOLDEY-BEACOM, 72-56, FOR THIRD STRAIGHT
WIN
Wilmington, Del. - Junior forward Laurence Ekperigin
(Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Walter Panas) recorded his fourth
consecutive double-double to lead the Le Moyne College men's
basketball team to a 72-56 non-conference victory over
Goldey-Beacom College at the Joseph West Jones Center on Sunday
afternoon.
Ekperigin, the reigning Northeast-10 Conference Player of the
Week, scored a game-high 20 points and pulled down a game-best 10
rebounds. Freshman guard Chris Johnson (Lindenhurst,
N.Y./Lindenhurst) hit four three-pointers en route to
scoring 18 points in 27 minutes off the bench. Junior guard Damani
Corbin (Brooklyn, N.Y./Frederick Douglass) joined Ekperigin and
Johnson in double-digits by tallying 10 points, while also dishing
off four assists. Anthony Parham led the Lightning with 15
points.
The Lightning jumped out to an 11-4 lead just over five minutes
into the contest behind five points from Parham. Ekperigin
converted a conventional three-point play to ignite a 16-2 run by
the Dolphins. Following a pair of foul shots by Steve Cooper put
Goldey-Beacom ahead 13-7, Johnson drilled three three-pointers and
a layup and senior swingman Phil Barnes (Georgetown, Cayman
Islands/Clinton C.C.) hit a layup to open up a seven-point
advantage with 10:28 remaining in the half.
Goldey-Beacom answered back with an 13-7 run of its own to narrow
Le Moyne's lead to a point with 5:51 left in the stanza. Darnell
Cephas connected for five points with Parham capping the streak
with a layup. Le Moyne closed out the half with a 17-4 streak to
take a 44-30 lead into the intermission. Corbin scored off a layup
to start the run, Barnes followed with back-to-back baskets and
Ekperigin scored seven of his 10 first-half points to extend the Le
Moyne lead.
Over the opening nine minutes of the second half, the two squads
traded baskets as the Dolphins' lead bounced between 11 and 16
points. Following a pair of foul shots by Sam McDuffie cut
Goldey-Beacom's deficit to 11 points, freshman guard James
Cormier (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull/Proctor Academy) hit a
jumper following a steal by junior forward Kevin Hassett
(Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Mountain/Iona College), Johnson
drilled a three-pointer and Ekperigin recorded a layup to give Le
Moyne an 18-point advantage with 9:06 left in the contest.
Over the next 4:36, Le Moyne built its lead to a game-high 22
points with an 8-4 scoring span, capped by a layup from junior
center Mike McDonough (Ogdensburg,
N.Y./Ogdensburg). The Lightning closed the game with 11 of
the contest's final 16 points to deliver the final score. Parham
scored four of his team-best 15 points in the streak.
Le Moyne (5-5), which has won three consecutive games, returns to
action on Monday, Dec. 29 at Felician at 2:00 p.m.
-agate-
Le Moyne 72,
Goldey-Beacom 56
Le Moyne
(5-5)
44
28
-
72
Goldey-Beacom
(4-7)
30
26
- 56
