Men's basketball falls on the road to Le Moyne

SYRACUSE, New York - The American International College men's basketball team played Le Moyne College for the second time in a week on Wednesday, February 16. AIC fell 80-57 in Northeast-10 Conference play.

FAST FACTS:
Final Score: Le Moyne 80, AIC 57
Records: AIC drops to 6-19 (3-13 NE10) play, while Le Moyne falls to 12-12 (8-9 NE10)
Location: Ted Grant Court Syracuse, New York

KEY STATS:
AIC:
Xion Golding: 14 points, six rebounds
Frankyn Batista: 13 points, eight rebounds, three assists
Buka Peikrishvili: nine points, four rebounds

Le Moyne:
Xavier Wilson: 16 points, four rebounds
Armon Nasseri: 14 points, seven assists
Luke Sutherland: 13 points, four rebounds
Kevin Constant: nine points, five rebounds, four assists

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Dolphins came out and took a 10-2 lead in the first three minutes of play. Junior Walter Covington hit a three with 16:31 on the clock that put some pep in the Yellow Jackets' step. Sophomore Jalen Jordan had a block on the other end and junior Frankyn Batista finished a layup to make it a three-point game.
• Graduate Xion Golding hit a layup as time expired to make it 38-28 in favor of the home team at the break.
• Trailing 46-31 Golding hit a layup off the pass from Batista that started a 13-4 AIC run and made it a six-point game at 50-44.
• Le Moyne controlled the final 12 minutes of the game as they protected their homecourt by a score of 80-57.

NEXT UP:

• The Yellow Jackets will host Pace University on Saturday, February 19 at 3:30 p.m.
• Before the game, the team will honor the senior class.