Albany, N.Y. – Sophomore guard C.J. Asuncion-Byrd (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich/St. Thomas More/Gannon) nailed seven three-pointers to lead the Le Moyne College men's basketball team to an 81-76 victory over Molloy College on Sunday afternoon on the second day of the Northeast-10 Challenge presented by Hilton Garden Inn Albany Medical at The College of Saint Rose's Daniel P. Nolan Gymnasium.

Asuncion-Byrd, who opened his Dolphin career with 21 points yesterday, did one point better by going 7-for-10 from three-point range and adding one free throw, while grabbing four rebounds. His seven three-pointers are tied for the third-most in a game in the program's history and are the most since Chris Johnson '12 made eight at Pace on February 16, 2011. Junior guard Russell Sangster (Rockville, Md./Bullis School) tallied the second-highest scoring output of his career with 17 points, including 12 in the second half, while dishing out seven assists for the second straight game. Junior guard Tyree Chambers (Bayreuth, Germany/Graf-Münster Gymnasium/Providence) was the third Dolphin starter in double figures with 11 points, while classmate Tanner Hyland (South Portland, Maine/South Portland/Bridgton Academy) came off the bench to score 12 points, nine of which came from the foul line in the second half.

Charlie Marquardt led the Lions in the loss with 23 points, including 12 in the first half. Jaylen Morris added 20 points, 12 of which came in the second half, seven rebounds, five steals and three assists. Mike Guzzardi tallied 12 second-half points and five rebounds, while Nick Corbett posted 11 points and four assists.

After Corbett hit a jumper 3:19 into the game to give Molloy a 7-5 lead, the Dolphins tallied eight straight points to take a six-point advantage. Junior forward Isaiah Eisendorf (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook/Gannon) made a lay-up and then Chambers and Asuncion-Byrd nailed three-pointers.

The Lions pulled within two on three occasions before Sangster converted three foul shots with 7:36 left in the half for a 21-16 lead.

After Morris had a dunk and Marquardt buried a three-pointer to tie the score at 21 with 4:43 to go, junior forward Daniel Kaigler (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden/Gannon) recorded a conventional three-point play and Sangster followed with a fast-break lay-up off a steal 10 seconds later.

Following six points from each team over the next three minutes, Morris made a free throw with three seconds left in the half to get the Lions within 32-28 at halftime.

After Asuncion-Byrd drained a pair of three-pointers around a Guzzardi jumper over the opening 88 seconds to push Le Moyne's lead to 38-30, the Lions rattled off a 14-2 run to take their largest lead of the game. Guzzardi had four of the points, Marquardt and Corbett buried three-pointers and Mike Torre and Morris made jump shots.

Le Moyne answered with 11 straight points and 17 of the next 19 points to open up its largest lead of the game, 57-46. Sangster ignited the spurt with a jumper and closed out the run with a three-pointer and a conventional three-point play, while junior guard Anthony Richards (New Castle, Pa./New Castle/West Virginia Wesleyan) hit a three-pointer give the Dolphins the lead and Asuncion-Byrd followed with back-to-back three-pointers.

Molloy countered with six straight points and 11 of the next 14 points to get back within three, 60-57, with 7:15 to go. Morris had the first four points, Guzzardi followed with four points and then Corbett made a three-pointer.

The Dolphins pushed their lead back to nine with a 10-4 spurt. Sangster tallied four points, Chambers nailed a three-pointer and Eisendorf capped the run with a conventional three-point play.

The Lions answered back with seven straight points to get within 70-68 with 3:04 remaining. Morris had the first five points and then Curtis Jenkins made two foul shots.

After Hyland and Morris traded foul shots, the Dolphins scored six straight points to regain an eight-point advantage with 1:13 remaining. Chambers made a lay-up and then Hyland hit four free throws following a foul and a Molloy technical.

Marquardt drained a pair of three-pointers around a Le Moyne turnover to get the Lions within 77-75 with 34 seconds left, but Hyland made four free throws over the last 26 seconds to put the game away.

Le Moyne (2-0), which played the Lions for the first time since 2006, opens Northeast-10 Conference action on Wednesday at the University of New Haven at 7:30 p.m.