BOX SCORE

When and Where: January 18, 2020 – Manchester, N.H. (Stan Spirou Field House)
Score: Le Moyne College 83, Southern New Hampshire University 73
Records: Le Moyne 12-5 (8-1 NE10), SNHU 9-8 (2-7 NE10)

Senior Shawn Montague (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) notched a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds, but the Southern New Hampshire University men's basketball team had an 11-point, second-half lead slip away in an 83-73 loss to Le Moyne College on Saturday at the Stan Spirou Field House.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Montague – 17 points (5-15 FG, 2-7 3-FG, 5-7 FT), 10 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks
• Senior Eamonn Joyce (Medford, Mass.) – 14 points (6-13 FG, 2-3 FT), 6 rebounds
• Junior Michael Almonacy (Brentwood, N.Y.) – 13 points (5-14 FG, 2-5 3-FG, 1-2 FT), 8 rebounds, 2 assists
• Freshman Ryan Conroy (Staten Island, N.Y.) – 13 points (3-5 FG, 2-3 3-FG, 5-5 FT) 
• Junior Corry Long (Cincinnati, Ohio) – 8 points (3-6 FG, 2-3 3-FG), 5 rebounds
• Freshman Jacari Sanders (San Antonio, Texas) – 6 points (3-6 FG), 4 assists, 2 rebounds

KEY MOMENTS

• Southern New Hampshire held its largest lead of the contest at 51-40 with just under 15 minutes remaining, when Le Moyne ripped off 10 straight points - led by four from Ryan Roland, and three each from Tim Leavell and Nino Hernandez - to pull within 51-50 with 12:59 to go. After the teams swapped 3-pointers, seven points from Tom Brown and six from Roland paced a 15-4 blitz that put Le Moyne in front, 68-58, with 8:00 on the clock.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Roland (8-13 FG, 2-4 3-FG, 1-1 FT; 9 rebounds, 7 assists) and Leavell (7-10 FG, 3-4 3-FG, 2-2 FT) led all scorers with 19 points for Le Moyne, while Brown (18 pts, 10 rebs) and Hernandez (12 pts, 10 rebs) both registered double-doubles.
• The Dolphins narrowly outshot the Penmen, 42 percent (29-69) to 41.3 percent (26-63), including 37.9 percent (11-29) to 28.6 percent (8-28) from long range.
• Le Moyne also shot it better from the stripe, 82.4 percent (14-17) to 76.5 percent (13-17).
• The Penmen totaled more points on the fast break (17-14), while the Dolphins won the glass (46-36) and the paint (36-30), collected more second chance points (18-8) and points from their bench (28-15), in addition to featuring a better assist-to-turnover ratio (19/11-8/15). Points off turnovers were even at 17-all, thought SNHU held a 12-4 advantage at the break.

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire, which had won five of its last seven, has now dropped four-in-a-row, while the Dolphins win for the ninth time in their last 10 contests.
• Le Moyne trails in the all-time series with the Penmen, 22-17, despite having won three straight meetings, including two consecutive in Manchester, where it has not lost to SNHU since Jan. 26, 2016 (83-53).
• Montague's double-double is his sixth of the season and the 16th of his Penmen career.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Wednesday, Jan. 22 (7:30 p.m.) when they play host to American International College at the Stan Spirou Field House.

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