North Las Vegas, Nev. – Junior guard Ryan Roland (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill/Mercyhurst) scored a career-high 17 points to lead the Le Moyne College men's basketball team to a 64-54 victory over Angelo State University in non-conference action at the Holiday Hoops Classic on Wednesday afternoon at the Doolittle Community Center.

Roland tallied 11 of his game-high point total in the second half, while adding three rebounds. Senior swingman C.J. Asuncion-Byrd (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich/St. Thomas More/Gannon) recorded 15 points, including 11 in the second half, and eight rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench. Junior forward Tom Brown (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) recorded a double-double of 10 points and a career high-tying 13 rebounds, including eight in the first half.

Angelo State, which received votes in the latest NABC Coaches Top 25 Poll, was led offensively by Antonio Singleton, who scored 11 points, including nine in the second half, while grabbing five rebounds. Daron Mims was the only other Ram in double digits with 10 points, nine of which came in the second half.

The teams exchanged the lead three times in the first two minutes of the game before the Dolphins went on an 8-2 run to open up an 11-7 lead. Roland hit a three-pointer, freshman forward BB Chuks-Mady (Hamilton, Ontario/GTA Prep) converted a fast-break lay-up and then junior forward Kobi Nwandu (York, Pa./Northeastern York/East Stroudsburg) buried a three-pointer.

The Rams countered with an 8-2 run of their own to regain the lead. Ronald Bell and Josh Boutte alternated baskets in the stretch for Angelo State.

After Ronald and Bell traded baskets, which gave Angelo State its final lead at 17-16 with 8:37 left in the first half, the Dolphins closed out the half with 13 of the final 14 points. Nwandu made a lay-up for the lead, Asuncion-Byrd followed with two free throws, Brown converted a fast-break lay-up, Asuncion-Byrd made a lay-up and then junior guard Zay Jennings (Allentown, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic/Caldwell) made a foul shot to cap a 9-0 run. After a free throw by Angelo State, Nwandu and Brown made lay-ups to close out the half.

Following five of the first eight points in the second half being scored by the Dolphins, Angelo State rattled off 10 straight points to get within three, 34-31, with 13:15 to play. Angelo State's first basket of the half at the 18:23 mark snapped a drought of 10:14 without a field goal. Kiair Crouch and Mims each scored five of the points in the span.

The Dolphins regained control with five of the next seven points. Chuks-Mady and Asuncion-Byrd made jumpers and then Chuks-Mady converted a foul shot.

The Rams scored the next four points to get within two with 10:09 left, but that's as close as they would get.

Le Moyne's lead alternated between four and six points over the next four minutes before redshirt junior guard Oshea Gairey (Toronto, Ontario/St. John's Catholic Prep (Md.)/Simon Fraser) and Roland made shots in the paint for an eight-point lead.

After Mims and Singleton made lay-ups to get the Rams within 50-46 with 4:45 to go, the Dolphins scored eight of the next 10 points to open up a double-digit lead. Roland had the first two points, Asuncion-Byrd made consecutive lay-ups and then Brown slapped the ball into the basket to beat the shot clock for a 58-48 lead with 1:56 to play.

Roland (4) and Asuncion-Byrd (2) went 6-for-6 from the foul line in the final 29 seconds to put the game away.

Le Moyne (7-4), which improves to 3-1 in neutral-site games this season, returns to Northeast-10 Conference action on Wednesday, January 9 at #17/22 Bentley University at 7:30 p.m.