Syracuse, N.Y. – Junior guard Anthony Richards (New Castle, Pa./New Castle/West Virginia Wesleyan) scored 14 points in the second half to lead the 24th-ranked Le Moyne College men's basketball team to a 61-47 victory over the University of New Haven in the quarterfinals of the Northeast-10 Conference Championships on Sunday afternoon at Ted Grant Court.

With the win, Le Moyne (22-5) advances to the Northeast-10 Conference semifinals, which the Dolphins will host on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. against Saint Anselm College. The semifinal berth is the program's fourth in 21 years in the conference and the second in four seasons. Saint Anselm enters the contest at 18-8 and winners of 12 of its last 14 games after the Dolphins dropped the Hawks to 6-6 on the year with a 67-65 come-from-behind win on January 10.

After misfiring on a pair of three-pointers in the first half, Richards went 4-for-5 from long range in the second half, while adding two free throws, to accumulate his team-best 14 points. He also pulled down five rebounds. Classmate Russell Sangster (Rockville, Md./Bullis School) tallied 12 points, including nine in the first half, grabbed five rebounds and recorded a career-best four steals.

Roy Kane, Jr. led all scorers in the contest with 17 points, 13 of which came in the first half. Mihailo Vasic registered 14 points and seven rebounds.

The Dolphins, who have won eight games in a row – their second streak of at least eight straight wins this season, used a 6-0 spurt in the opening minutes to jump out to a 10-3 lead just under six minutes into the game. Sophomore guard C.J. Asuncion-Byrd (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich/St. Thomas More/Gannon) scored five of the points and Sangster added four.

New Haven pulled within two on three occasions over the next five minutes, but the Dolphins put together a 7-0 run to take their largest lead of the half.

The Chargers answered with a 12-4 run to trim their deficit to one point with 2:47 left in the half. Kane, Jr. had seven of the points and Vasic had the other five.

Junior guard Tanner Hyland (South Portland, Maine/South Portland/Bridgton Academy) and Kane, Jr. traded three-points over the next minute as the Dolphins took a 28-27 lead into the intermission.

Michael Bourke made a jumper 44 seconds into the second half to give New Haven the lead, but it only last 20 seconds as Richards hit his first three-pointer of the half to ignite a 20-4 run. Richards drained two more three-pointers after senior forward Stan Buczek (Port Jervis, N.Y./Burke Catholic) and Asuncion-Byrd made lay-ups. Following a lay-up by Danny Upchurch, junior forward Daniel Kaigler (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden/Gannon) made three free throws around a lay-up by Sangster. Richards then capped the run with two free throws with 8:59 to play.

New Haven answered with eight of the next 12 points to close within 11 with 6:06 left. Vasic had four points, including New Haven's final field goal of the game, and Kane, Jr. and Upchurch each made two foul shots.

Hyland and Richards followed with three-pointers to give the Dolphins their largest lead of the game, 58-41, with 4:05 remaining.

The Chargers made six foul shots in the final 3:48 to trim their deficit to the final margin.