Syracuse, N.Y. – Senior forward Tom Brown (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) registered a double-double to lead the Le Moyne College men's basketball team to an 88-70 win over The College of Saint Rose on Tuesday evening in Northeast-10 Conference action at Ted Grant Court.

Brown's double-double, his second of the season, consisted of a season-high 17 points, including nine in the second half, and 10 rebounds. Senior guard Ryan Roland (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill/Mercyhurst) recorded 14 of his team-high 18 points in the second half. Sophomore guard Nino Hernandez (Gardner, Mass./Winchendon School/Bryant) tallied a career-best 16 points, including 12 in the second half, a career high-tying seven rebounds and a career-best five assists. Redshirt senior guard Malik Garner (Midland, Mich./H.H. Dow/Sunrise Christian Academy/Saginaw Valley State) scored eight of his 13 points in the second half.

Sekou Sylla registered a double-double of a game-high 25 points, including 14 in the first half, and 11 rebounds, including six in the second half, to lead the Golden Knights.

After Roland gave the Dolphins an 8-4 lead with a four-point play, the Golden Knights scored nine straight points for their largest lead of the game. Sylla had six of the points, while Adam Anderson drained a three-pointer.

Following Sylla's fourth basket of the game to put Saint Rose up 17-12 with 11:54 left in the first half, the Dolphins recorded a 9-0 run of their own to regain a four-point advantage. Hernandez scored four of the points, while three others combined for the remaining five points.

After the teams split the game's next 22 points, which resulted in a 32-28 Le Moyne lead with 2:41 left in the half, the Golden Knights scored the last five points of the stanza. Michael Wearne buried a three-pointer and then Sylla put Saint Rose in front at the half with a fast-break lay-up for a 33-32 advantage.

Le Moyne scored the first seven points of the second half. Graduate student forward Lonnie Rivera (Spring Valley, N.Y./Don Bosco Prep (N.J.)/American/Wagner) made a lay-up, Hernandez converted a fast-break lay-up off a pass from Rivera, who followed with a three-pointer to force a Saint Rose timeout with 18:42 remaining.

Following four points by each team over the next minute, Saint Rose put together a 10-4 spurt to even the score at 47 with 14:30 left. Anderson and Manasseh Small drilled three-pointers around baskets in the paint by Sylla and Cartier Bowman.

After Small made a shot in the paint to get the Golden Knights within one for the last time (55-54) with 12:28 left, the Dolphins ran off a 26-7 run over 7:31 to take their largest lead of the game (81-61) with 4:57 to play. Hernandez scored eight of the points, Brown had seven, Garner made two three-pointers, Roland drilled a three-pointer and graduate student guard Oshea Gairey (Toronto, Ontario/St. John's Catholic Prep (Md.)/Simon Fraser) made two foul shots.

Le Moyne's lead bounced between 16 and 20 points the remainder of the game.
 
Le Moyne (3-3, 2-0 NE10) returns to action on Friday against 11th-ranked Ashland University at 5:30 p.m. in the first game of the 36th Annual Gary Miller Classic hosted by Gannon University. The Dolphins will be facing their third ranked opponent of the season and are meeting three ranked opponents in a month for the first time since February 1993.