Syracuse, N.Y. — Graduate student forward Luke Sutherland and graduate student guard Kaiyem Cleary combined for 43 points to lead the Le Moyne College men’s basketball team to an 80-56 victory over Dartmouth College on Saturday afternoon at Ted Grant Court.
Sutherland led the Dolphins with 24 points, 13 of which came in the first half, while adding four rebounds, 3 assists, two steals and a block. He shot 10-of-15 from the field, including 4-of-8 from 3-point range. He has scored in double figures in each of the last five halves. His 59 points over the last two games and his 76 points over the last 3 games are the most by a Dolphin since Naté Gause had 62 in the first two and 82 in the first 3 games of the 2014-15 season.
Cleary tallied 19 points, including 11 in the first half on 4-of-6 shooting and 3-of-4 from 3-point range, and grabbed six rebounds. Graduate student guard Nate McClure pulled down 12 rebounds, which tied the highest total of his career against an NCAA opponent (Green Bay 2/26/22 while at IUPUI) and the second-highest total of his career (14 against NAIA East-West University on 1/31/22).
Jaren Johnson and Nikola Dimitrijevic led the Big Green with 12 points each, including eight apiece in the first half.
The Big Green opened the game with the first five points, including a 3-pointer from Johnson, but the Dolphins answered back with seven in a row. McClure opened the scoring off a feed from Sutherland, Cleary followed with a 3-pointer to tie the score and then Sutherland put the Dolphins in front for the first time with a jumper.
After Johnson countered with another 3-pointer to put Dartmouth in front for the final time, Le Moyne rattled off 15 of the next 21 points to open up a 22-14 lead with nine minutes left in the half. Cleary had the first eight points on a pair of 3-pointers around a jumper and then Sutherland had the final seven points on a jumper, a fast-break dunk and a 3-pointer from the right wing.
Following back-and-forth action…
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