Box Score
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Junior forward
Isiah Wallace (Springfield, Mass.) filled the box score with 21 points, 10 rebounds, six steals and four assists to lead the American International College men's basketball team to a 70-60 Northeast-10 victory at Le Moyne College Tuesday night.
The Yellow Jackets improved to 17-6 for the season and 13-5 in the NE-10, while the Dolphins record fell to 10-12 overall and 8-10 in conference play.
Wallace is now just four points away from tying Derek Owens, who scored 1,298 career points from 1982-86, for 15th on the all-time scoring list.
Senior guard
Allen Aragbaye (Corona, Calif.) netted 13 points and grabbed five boards, while sophomore guard
Ricky Hudson (Sewell, N.J.) contributed 13 points with three rebounds and two assists off the bench. Junior guard
Adrian Hynes-Guery (Montreal, Que.) added nine points.
Senior guard Can Ozkaner (Ankara, Turkey) scored 15 points and pulled down four rebounds off the bench to lead Le Moyne, while redshirt-freshman center Jim Janson (Scotia, N.Y.) just missed a double-double with 13 points and nine boards. Junior guard Chris Johnson (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) also scored in double-figures with 11 points.
The Dolphins led for almost the entire first half and closed the period with a 9-0 run to take a 33-24 lead into the locker room at the half. Their lead was 11 after Johnson drained a three to make it 43-32 in favor of Le Moyne 4:40 into the second half.
AIC took over the game from there, going on a 23-5 run over the next 10 minutes to take a 55-48 lead. Another Johnson three made it 66-60 in favor of the Yellow Jackets with 1:02 left in the game, but that was as close as the Dolphins would get as AIC 4-of-6 at the line in the final minute.
The Yellow Jackets shot 40.4 percent (23-57) from the field and 20 percent (3-15) from three, while Le Moyne shot 34.5 percent (20-58) from the floor and 18.2 percent (4-22) from downtown. AIC went 21-of-32 at the free throw line, while the Dolphins went 16-for-21.
The Yellow Jackets will next host Southern Connecticut State University Saturday at Butova Gymnasium. The Northeast-10 contest will tip-off at 3:30 p.m.
