Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's basketball team, ranked 24th in this week's NABC/Division II National rankings, closed out the regular season with a 72-41 victory over the University of New Haven in Northeast-10 Conference action on Tuesday night at Ted Grant Court. Le Moyne is ranked in the coaches' poll for the first time since November 24, 2009 and for just the second time since 1988.

Le Moyne (21-5, 16-4 NE10), which has won 21 games for just the third time in the program's 69-year history (1987-88 and 1995-96, both teams were also 21-5), opens Northeast-10 Conference Championships play as the top seed in the Southwest Division on Sunday at Ted Grant Court at 3:00 p.m. The Dolphins will face either Northeast Division fourth seed Merrimack College or Southwest Division fifth seed New Haven. The Warriors and Chargers play in North Andover, Massachusetts on Friday at 7:00 p.m.

Junior forward Isaiah Eisendorf (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook/Gannon) led the Dolphins offensively with 17 points, while adding four rebounds, three steals and two blocked shots. Sophomore guard C.J. Asuncion-Byrd (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich/St. Thomas More/Gannon) recorded 12 points and six rebounds, while junior guard Tyree Chambers () tallied 11 points off the bench.

The Dolphins, who have won seven straight games by an average of 20.7 points, scored the first nine points of the game and held a 10-point advantage (12-2) before New Haven made its first field goal of the contest at the 12:53 mark. Eisendorf had seven of the 12 points, Asuncion-Byrd drained a three-pointer and senior forward Stan Buczek (Port Jervis, N.Y./Burke Catholic) started the scoring with a lay-up.

After the teams exchanged points over the next nine minutes, resulting in a 24-15 Le Moyne lead, the Dolphins closed out the first half with the final nine points. Eisendorf made a jumper, junior guard Russell Sangster (Rockville, Md./Bullis School) converted a leaner in the paint, Asuncion-Byrd buried a three-pointer and then junior forward Daniel Kaigler (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden/Gannon) made a lay-up for a 33-15 advantage.

Following a basket by Roy Kane, Jr. to start the scoring the second half, the Dolphins scored nine straight points and 20 of the next 26 to take their first 30-point lead of the night (53-23) with 10:42 to play. Junior guard Anthony Richards (New Castle, Pa./New Castle/West Virginia Wesleyan) and Chambers each had five points in the span, while Buczek and junior guard Tanner Hyland (South Portland, Maine/South Portland/Bridgton Academy) drained three-pointers.

Le Moyne's lead bounced between 26 and 30 points over the next 5:45 before the Dolphins posted a 8-2 spurt to take their largest lead of the game. Kaigler, Sangster and Eisendorf each went 2-for-2 from the foul line before Buczek knocked down a jumper for a 72-38 lead with 3:00 left.

Three Chargers each converted a foul shot over the final 2:38 to deliver the final margin.