Syracuse, N.Y.  – Junior guard Tanner Hyland (South Portland, Maine/South Portland/Bridgton Academy) nailed a three-pointer midway through overtime to give the Le Moyne College men's basketball team the lead for good en route to a 90-84 victory over Saint Michael's College on Wednesday evening in Northeast-10 Conference action at Ted Grant Court.

Le Moyne (14-3, 9-2 NE10) has won 10 straight games in the regular season for just the second time in the program's 69-year history and for the first time since a 15-game streak in the 1964-65 season. The Dolphins have won 10 straight games in a season (regular season and postseason) just three times, with the last being in 2008-09, when they won 11 consecutive games to advance to the NE10 Championship game.

Junior guard Russell Sangster (Rockville, Md./Bullis School) led six Dolphins in double figures with 19 points, 10 of which he scored in the second half, while adding five rebounds and five assists. Junior forward Isaiah Eisendorf (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook/Gannon) recorded seven of his 15 points in the overtime period, while Hyland tallied six of his 13 points in overtime. Junior guards Anthony Richards (New Castle, Pa./New Castle/West Virginia Wesleyan) and Tyree Chambers (Bayreuth, Germany/Graf-Münster Gymnasium/Providence) each posted 11 points, while Chambers added four assists. Senior forward Stan Buczek (Port Jervis, N.Y./Burke Catholic) turned in 10 points and five rebounds.

Matt Bonds registered his 11th double-double of the season, which is tied for the second-most in the nation, with 28 points and 14 rebounds, including 15 points and six rebounds in the second half. Levi Holmes III registered 23 points, including 10 in the first half and seven in overtime, while Winston Jones II rallied 13 points, including nine in the second half.

After the teams traded baskets over the opening three minutes, the Purple Knights scored eight straight points to take their largest lead of the game, 12-6, with 14:32 left in the first half. Holmes III and Derek Cheatom each hit three-pointers and then Colin Richey converted a jumper.

The Dolphins answered with a 15-6 run to take a three-point lead. Eisendorf nailed a three-pointer, Chambers scored eight straight points and then freshman forward Tom Brown (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) made a lay-up for a 21-18 advantage with 10:05 left.

After the teams traded runs, which resulted in a 26-22 Le Moyne edge with 5:25 left, they went back and forth over the remainder of the half with Le Moyne's lead bouncing between one and four points and settling at 36-33 on a lay-up by junior forward Daniel Kaigler (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden/Gannon) just before time expired.

Le Moyne scored the first six points of the second half to take its largest lead of the game, 42-33, with 18:43 remaining. Sangster made two free throws and then Buczek scored twice in the paint to force a timeout by Saint Michael's.

Saint Michael's, Jones II specifically, answered with seven consecutive points, including a three-pointer to make the score 42-40 with 15:34 remaining.

After the teams split the next 12 points over three minutes, Hyland drained a three-pointer and Sangster made a lay-up to push Le Moyne's lead back to seven.

The Purple Knights countered with six in a row, including four points by Bonds to pull within 56-55 with 7:53 left in regulation.

Following three points from each team, the Dolphins used a 7-2 spurt, capped by a Hyland free throw, to go up by seven with 3:29 to play.

After Sangster split a pair of free throws with 1:03 left to give the Dolphins a 70-65 lead, Williams drained a three-pointer with 45 seconds remaining. Following an offensive foul by the Dolphins, Bonds converted a lay-up with 10 seconds left to even the score at 70-apiece.

Hyland was able to get off a jump shot as time expired, but the shot did not fall, sending the game to overtime.

The teams opened the overtime period by splitting the first 12 points over the initial 2:21. Hyland then had a three-pointer fall in to put the Dolphins up for good. The Dolphins went 9-for-10 from the foul line over the final 100 seconds, while Eisendorf added a jumper in the paint, to seal the victory. Richards went 4-for-4, Sangster was 3-for-4 and Eisendorf made both of his attempts.

The Dolphins return to action on Saturday at Bentley University at 3:30 p.m.