SYRACUSE, New York The American International College men's basketball team opened its Northeast-10 Conference schedule with a tilt against the Le Moyne Dolphins. The hosts built a double-digit lead early and never looked back in a 55-41 defeat for the Yellow Jackets on Wednesday, November 15.
FAST FACTS:
Final score:Le Moyne 55, AIC41
Records:AIC is now 2-1, with an 0-1 NE10 mark; Le Moyne improves to 3-0 and 1-0 in the NE10.
Location:Ted Grant Court, Syracuse, New York
STAT LEADERS:
AIC:
Adonis Williams: 10 points and four rebounds
Tahlib Swan: Nine points and five rebounds
Le Moyne:
Sangster: Nine points and two rebounds
Brown: Nine points and six rebounds
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Dolphins came out hot in the first NE10 game of the season for both teams as they opened up on a 14-1 run. Zekiah Owens scored the first Yellow Jacket field goal 7:48 into the game on a pass from Swan.
- A large factor into the Dolphins lead, which got up to 16 in the first half, was the 17 AIC turnovers, off of which they scored 19 points. At the half, the Dolphins led 30-17.
- The Dolphins continued to limit the scoring opportunities for the Yellow Jackets as it took almost three minutes for the Yellow Jackets to hit their first field goal of the second half.
- Swan knocked down a triple at the 14:19 minute mark to cut their deficit to 12, before ultimately falling 55-41.
GAME NOTES:
- The Yellow Jackets started 2-0 for the first time since the 2014-15 season.
- For the first time this season, the Yellow Jackets were held below 32% shooting from the field.
- The Yellow Jackets held the Dolphins to zero points off turnovers in the second half.
- Owens tied a career record three blocks in the game. The last time he did that was on January 7th, 2017 against Southern New Hampshire.
NEXT UP:
- American International College will host the Chargers of New Haven in their first home game of the season on Tuesday, November 21st at 7:30 p.m.
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