Easton, Mass. – The Le Moyne College men’s basketball team nailed 18 3-pointers en route to an 88-57 victory over Stonehill College in Northeast Conference action on Thursday night at Merkert Gymnasium.
Graduate student guard Kaiyem Cleary (Manchester, England/Redemption Christian Academy (NY)/Florida Southern/Florida Southwestern/Ball State) led four Dolphins in double figures with 16 points, 13 of which he scored in the first half while adding five rebounds and three assists. Graduate student guard Nate McClure (Houston, Texas/Concordia Lutheran/Texas State/State Fair C.C./IUPUI) and senior guard Darrick Jones Jr. (Richmond, Va./Oak Hill Academy/Towson) each tallied 15 points, while McClure nailed four 3-pointers and added three steals and Jones Jr. grabbed a team-high six rebounds, drained a trio of 3-pointers and posted three steals. Jones Jr. has knocked down at least two 3-pointers in six of the last seven games. Graduate student forward Luke Sutherland (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee/Siena/Bryant) recorded 13 first-half points on 5-of-7 shooting, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range, while adding four rebounds. Graduate student guard Isaiah Salter (Charlotte, N.C./Central Cabarrus/American International/Adelphi) dished out seven assists for the third time in the last four games. The team buried its 18 3-pointers (for the second time this season) in 33 attempts for a season-best 54.5-percent, the highest mark by the program since the team shot 56.7 (17-30) from behind the arc in a 108-88 victory over Saint Anselm College on January 25, 2020.
Stonehill, which didn’t have a player reach double figures, was led by Louie Semona, who recorded nine points, six rebounds and four assists.
Jones Jr. got the game’s scoring started with a put-back dunk of a missed 3-pointer and followed with a transition 3-pointer.
After Stonehill scored four of the next six points, graduate student guard Mike DePersia (Cherry Hill, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial/IUPUI) drilled a…
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