Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's basketball team (11-11, 8-6 NE10) will host the Adelphi University Panthers (10-12, 4-10 NE10) on Wednesday night for a Northeast-10 Conference contest at Ted Grant Court, scheduled to tip-off at 7:30 p.m. The two teams met earlier this season in Garden City on November 22, and Le Moyne came away with a 76-65 win.
The men's matchup will be played after an NE10 battle between the Le Moyne and Adelphi women's teams, which is set to begin at 5:30 p.m.
The Le Moyne men return home following two consecutive conference road victories over Pace (January 24) and Saint Rose (January 28).
Le Moyne had five players score in double figures during the 75-66 win at Pace on Tuesday.
Senior forward
Xavier Wilson (Spring Valley, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac/The Hotchkiss School/Central Connecticut State) and junior forward
Luke Sutherland (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee/Siena/Bryant) both scored a team-high of 13 points against the Setters. Sutherland also recorded a career-high five blocks during the conference victory, while graduate guard
Mike DePersia (Cherry Hill, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial/IUPUI) added eight points and a game-high eight rebounds.
During the team's most recent victory, a 74-71 win at Saint Rose, graduate guard
Isaiah Salter (Charlotte, N.C./Central Cabarrus/American International/Adelphi) scored a career-high 26 points on 10-16 shooting from the field, including 6-11 from beyond the three-point line, while Wilson contributed 17 points and three steals. Graduate guard
Nate McClure (Houston, Texas/Concordia Lutheran/Texas State/State Fair C.C./IUPUI) recorded 11 points and two steals against the Golden Knights, while junior guard
Jeremiah Washington (Chicago, Ill./Bogan/Ferris State) added three steals and a team-high four assists off the bench.
The Dolphins are currently tied for sixth place in the Northeast-10 Conference Standings alongside Southern Connecticut State (14-8, 8-6 NE10), while is Adelphi is tied with Saint Michael's (10-12, 4-10 NE10) for tenth place in the standings.
Two-time NE10 First Team All-Conference selection Ronnie Silva is currently tenth in the conference in scoring with 15.0 points per game for the Panthers. Silva and Le Moyne's Salter are both making 2.2 three-point field goals per game, but Salter is shooting 39.2% on threes compared to 30.3% for Silva.
DePersia is second in the conference in steals with 2.3 per contest. DePersia and Salter are both providing 3.2 assists per game. The Dolphins are first among all NE10 teams in forced turnovers with 16.3 per game.
The Panthers have made 191 three-point field goals this season, which is tied for the second most in the NE10.
Adelphi freshman guard Dayshaun Walton is scoring 12.5 points per game while leading the team in rebounding (7.1), assists (3.0) and steals (1.1). Freshman forward Elijah Lewis is contributing 14.6 points per game to the Adelphi cause.
Adelphi won both meetings between the two men's basketball programs during the 2021-22 season, and they split their two matchups during the 2019-20 campaign. Le Moyne claimed six consecutive wins over the Panthers from 2016 to 2019.