Syracuse, N.Y. – Second year forward
Ty Francis (Brooklyn, N.Y./The Hotchkiss School/Northeastern) tallied a game-high 19 points to lead the Le Moyne College men's basketball team to a 109-39 victory over Elmira College on Monday night at Ted Grant Court at the Donald J. Savage '51 Basketball Arena.
The 70-point margin of victory is tied for the largest in the program's history, equaling a 107-37 victory over Green Mountain on December 29, 2005, while the 107 points are the most since the Dolphins scored 108 against Saint Anselm College on January 25, 2020 in a 108-88 win.
Francis shot 8-of-9 from the field and 3-of-4 from the foul line en route to his 19 points, while adding four rebounds and three assists. Fourth year forward
Trevor Roe (Syracuse, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius/Radford) also tallied 12 of his 17 points in the first half. Third year guard
Khalil Williams (Washington, D.C./Potomac/Hargrave Military Academy/Bryant) and first year forward
Connor Johnson (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) each recorded 12 points, while third year guard
Jeremy Clayville (Ridgewood, N.J./Saint Joseph/Saint Francis/NJIT) turned in 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
Emmanuel Karkari-Mensah led the Soaring Eagles in the loss with 11 points.
After fourth year guard
Jayden Teat (Sacramento, Calif./Capital Christian/Utah/Sacramento State) and Karkari-Mensah traded three-pointers to make the score 5-3, the Dolphins ran off 12 straight points and 24 of the next 26 points for a 29-5 lead with 10:43 remaining in the first half. Francis tallied 10 points in the run, while Roe had five points and Teat had four.
Following back-and-forth action over the next five and one-half minutes, during which Le Moyne's lead bounced between 22 and 29 points, the Dolphins used a 9-2 spurt to take their largest lead of the half, 51-17, with 1:39 to go. Johnson had a pair of baskets in the paint around a lay-up from Roe and a three-pointer by Clayville.
Roe hit a jumper in the paint with four seconds left to give the Dolphins a 53-20 lead at halftime.
After the teams traded points over the opening five and one-half minutes of the second half, during which time Le Moyne's lead alternated between 31 and 39 points, the Dolphins rattled off 13 consecutive points to extend its lead to 50 (79-29) for the first time. Francis, third year forward
Kaden Stuckey (Buffalo, N.Y./Orangeville Prep/VMI) and second year guard
Damien King (Anderson, Ind./Anderson/UT Martin) each had three points in the stretch.
Karkari-Mensah snapped the run with a jumper, but Williams and Clayville followed with three-pointers and first year forward
Hunter Frazier (Jamaica, N.Y./Eagle Academy) made a lay-up for an 87-31 lead with 8:22 to go.
Clayville made a jumper with 6:39 left to put the Dolphins up by 60 (93-33).
Following a free throw by Broderick Barnes, the Dolphins tallied 11 straight points to take their largest lead of the game, 106-34, with 2:22 left. Second year center
Przemek Hartman (Gdansk, Poland/ORPEG/Louisiana-Monroe) had an alley-oop dunk and then second year forward
Cullen Schreiner (Phoenix, Ariz./Basha/Georgia Southern) made two lay-ups and a three-pointer around a lay-up by third year forward
Isaiah Brown (Olentangy, Ohio/Westerville/Mount Vernon Nazarene).
Grant Butler and Brown traded three-pointers before two Soaring Eagles each made a free throw in the final minute to deliver the final score.
Le Moyne (1-2) remains home to take on Manhattan University on Saturday at 6:00 p.m.
