Staten Island, N.Y. – Julian Brown drained seven 3-pointers to lead Wagner College to an 80-57 victory over the Le Moyne College men’s basketball team in Northeast Conference action on Thursday night at the Spiro Sports Center.
Graduate student forward Luke Sutherland (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee/Siena/Bryant) led the Dolphins in the setback with 21 points, while adding five rebounds. Senior guard Darrick Jones Jr. (Richmond, Va./Oak Hill Academy/Towson) recorded his second consecutive 12-point performance and connected on a pair of 3-pointers for the fifth straight game, a span in which he is shooting 50% (11-of-22) from behind the 3-point arc. Graduate student guard Kaiyem Cleary (Manchester, England/Redemption Christian Academy (NY)/Florida Southern/Florida Southwestern/Ball State) posted 11 points, six rebounds, the team’s only three steals and two assists.
Brown finished the game with 23 points on 7-of-10 shooting from 3-point range and 2-of-2 shooting from the foul line while adding five rebounds and four assists. Melvin Council Jr. also eclipsed the 20-point mark with 21 points to go with seven rebounds, five assists and two steals. Tahron Allen turned in a double-double with 15 points and a game-high 10 rebounds in addition to a trio of assists. Javier Ezquerra dished out a game-best 10 assists.
The Seahawks scored the first eight points of the game, including six from Keyontae Lewis, over the opening 2:40, a span in which the Dolphins missed their first three shots, committed a turnover and were forced to use a timeout.
The Dolphins answered with eight of the next 11 points to trim their deficit to three. Jones Jr. and Sutherland hit 3-pointers before graduate student guard Nate McClure (Houston, Texas/Concordia Lutheran/Texas State/State Fair C.C./IUPUI) made two free throws.
Wagner countered with nine straight points to push its lead into double digits for the first time. Council Jr. drained a 3-pointer, Seck Zongo had a conventional 3-point play and…
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