Men's Basketball
January 10, 2008
EKPERIGIN LEAD DOLPHINS TO VICTORY 65-59 WITH 24 POINTS & NINE REBOUNDS
--Story compliments of Southern Connecticut State
Athletic Communications
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Junior guard Justin
Gardenhire scored a team-high 15 points, and senior forward
Ktrice McNeill added 13 and a team-high nine rebounds, but the
Southern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team
could not overcome a game-high 24 points from forward Laurence
Ekperigin, as they fell to the Le Moyne Dolphins by a score of
65-59. With the loss, the Owls dropped to 4-9 overall and 1-8 in
the Northeast-10 Conference. Le Moyne improved to 8-7 overall and
6-4 in conference play.
Le Moyne, which defeated the Owls by an 88-68 mark in Syracuse on
Nov. 28, claimed victory in this game on the back of 10 offensive
rebounds that resulted in 18 second-chance points. The Owls also
pulled down 10 offensive boards, but the offense could only
converted them into five second chance points.
Sophomore guard Trevor Harris also scored in double-figures for
Southern Connecticut, and also pulled down a career-high eight
rebounds and distributed a team-high six assists.
Joining Ekperigin in double-figures for Le Moyne was center Dan
Cromwell, who netted 15 points in the winning effort.
For the game, the Owls shot 22-for-53 (41.5%) from the floor,
4-for-15 (26.7%) from three-point range and 11-for-17 (64.7%) from
the free throw line. Le Moyne shot 21-for-47 (44.7%) from the
field, 4-for-11 (36.4%) from behind the arc and 19-for-30 (63.3%)
from the charity stripe.
The Dolphins wrap up their three game road trip on Saturday, January 12th as they travel to take on #1 nationally ranked Bentley. Le Moyne returns to Ted Grant Court on Wednesday, January 16th to take on Franklin Pierce.
LE MOYNE COLLEGE 65, SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE
59
LE MOYNE COLLEGE (8-7, 6-4 NE-10)
Laurence Ekperigin 7-12 10-14 24; Dan Cromwell 6-8 3-5 15; Jason
Holmes 2-6
3-5 9; Damani Corbin 2-7 1-4 5; Kevin Roth 1-4 2-2 5; Jonathan
Joshua 2-4
0-0 4; Phil Barnes 1-3 0-0 3; Matt Vassil 0-1 0-0 0; Mark Covin 0-2
0-0 0.
Totals 21-47 19-30 65.
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE (4-9, 1-8 NE-10)
Justin Gardenhire 4-8 5-6 15; Trevor Harris 5-13 1-2 13; Ktrice
McNeill 6-10
1-3 13; Preston Bell 2-6 2-2 6; Derrick Corbett 2-7 0-0 4; Terron
Jones 1-2
2-2 4; Andrew Zito 1-2 0-0 2; Devon Sullivan 1-2 0-0 2; John
Mazzarella 0-3
0-2 0. Totals 22-53 11-17 59.
Le Moyne College................... 29 36 - 65
Southern Connecticut State.... 30 29 - 59
3-point goals-Le Moyne College 4-11 (Jason Holmes 2-4; Kevin Roth
1-2; Phil
Barnes 1-2; Jonathan Joshua 0-2; Damani Corbin 0-1), Southern
Connecticut
State 4-15 (Justin Gardenhire 2-3; Trevor Harris 2-7; Preston Bell
0-2;
Derrick Corbett 0-2; Andrew Zito 0-1). Fouled out--Le Moyne
College-None,
Southern Connecticut State-None. Rebounds-Le Moyne College 33
(Laurence
Ekperigin 9), Southern Connecticut State 33 (Ktrice McNeill 9).
Assists-Le
Moyne College 9 (Damani Corbin 3), Southern Connecticut State 14
(Trevor
Harris 6). Total fouls-Le Moyne College 15, Southern Connecticut
State 23.
