Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's basketball team had six players score in double digits on its way to an 83-59 victory over Assumption College on Saturday afternoon in Northeast-10 Conference action at Ted Grant Court.

Junior guard Russell Sangster (Rockville, Md./Bullis School) led the balanced offensive attack with 16 points, 12 of which he scored in the second half, while adding three rebounds and three assists. Classmate Anthony Richards (New Castle, Pa./New Castle/West Virginia Wesleyan) tallied all 14 of his points in the first half on 5-of-5 shooting from the field, while also finishing the game with three rebounds and three assists. Junior forward Isaiah Eisendorf (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook/Gannon) recorded 12 points, a team-best seven rebounds, a career-high five blocks and four assists. Fellow juniors Tanner Hyland (South Portland, Maine/South Portland/Bridgton Academy) and Daniel Kaigler (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden/Gannon) each scored 11 points, while Kaigler added four rebounds and four blocked shots. Sophomore guard C.J. Asuncion-Byrd (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich/St. Thomas More/Gannon) registered 10 points, four assists, three steals and three rebounds.

Marcus Murray led the Greyhounds in the setback with a game-best 20 points, including 13 in the first half, while adding three assists and three rebounds. Karl Ziegler registered 14 points, including 10 in the second half, and a game-best eight rebounds. Branislav Vujadinovic was the third Greyhound in double digits with 12 points.
 
Following a Ziegler jumper to get the Greyhounds within 9-8 with 15:33 left in the first half, the Dolphins tallied 10 straight points to take their first double-digit lead of the game. Asuncion-Byrd started the run with a lay-up, Richards followed with a pair of three-pointers and then Kaigler knocked down a baseline jumper.

Assumption answered with seven straight points and 10 of the next 12 points to get back within three. Ziegler made a jumper in the paint, Justin Tuckson nailed a three-pointer and then Murray scored five points around a jumper by Eisendorf.

The Dolphins pushed their lead back to eight with 5:46 left in the half, but Damien Rance and Murray answered with three-pointers to get the Greyhounds within two for the final time.

Le Moyne, which has won seven straight games – the longest active streak in the 39-team East Region, closed out the half with nine of the last 11 points to take a 37-28 lead into halftime. Hyland scored the first five points and then Kaigler and Sangster converted shots.
 
The Dolphins tallied the first seven points of the second half and 21 of the first 30 to blow the game open. Senior forward Stan Buczek (Port Jervis, N.Y./Burke Catholic) scored the first four points and then Asuncion-Byrd drained a three-pointer. Sangster followed with five points, Asuncion-Byrd drilled another three-pointer and then Hyland buried back-to-back three-pointers for a 58-37 lead with 13:02 left.

After Assumption tallied five of the next seven points to get within 60-42, the Dolphins posted a 10-3 run to take their first 25-point lead of the day. Eisendorf bookended the spurt with baskets around three points each from Kaigler and Sangster.

Following back-and-forth action which led to Assumption pulling within 21, the Dolphins recorded a 7-2 spurt for their largest lead of the game. Eisendorf made consecutive shots and then junior guard Tyree Chambers (Bayreuth, Germany/Graf-Münster Gymnasium/Providence) drained a three-pointer for an 83-57 lead with 2:59 remaining.
 
Le Moyne (11-3, 6-2 NE10), which has won its first six home games for the first time since the 1997-98 season, hits the road to take on Saint Anselm College on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.