Fairfield, Conn. – Raheem Solomon and Nico Galette combined for 45 points to lead Sacred Heart University to an 87-81 come-from-behind victory over the Le Moyne College men’s basketball team in Northeast Conference action on Saturday afternoon at the William H. Pitt Center.
Graduate student forward Luke Sutherland (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee/Siena/Bryant) led the Dolphins in the loss with 26 points, 14 of which he scored in the first half, while adding five rebounds. Graduate student guard Kaiyem Cleary (Manchester, England/Redemption Christian Academy (NY)/Florida Southern/Florida Southwestern/Ball State) tallied 23 points, including 14 in the first half, four rebounds and two blocked shots. Graduate student guard Isaiah Salter (Charlotte, N.C./Central Cabarrus/American International/Adelphi) recorded 12 second-half points and dished out seven assists for the second time in three games.
Solomon led the Pioneers offensively with 23 points, including 15 after halftime, on 9-of-11 shooting, including 5-of-6 from 3-point range, while adding seven rebounds. Nico Galette recorded a double-double of 22 points, including 14 in the second half, and 10 rebounds, while adding three assists, two blocks and two steals. Brendan McGuire posted nine points, 10 assists and five rebounds.
The teams traded runs over the first 9:06 of the contest. The Pioneers scored the first six points of the game, the Dolphins answered back with seven straight, Sacred Heart scored six in a row again and then Le Moyne scored five straight to even the score at 12 with 10:54 left. Galette scored the first four and Solomon tallied the final three, while Cleary had the first three for Le Moyne and six total in the span, while Sutherland had four straight in the stretch.
After Solomon put the Pioneers up 19-18 with a jumper with 7:01 remaining, Cleary made a lay-up and Sutherland followed with a 3-pointer for a four-point advantage with 4:50 to go.
Sacred Heart countered with an 8-4 spurt to knot the…
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