SAINT LEO, Fla. – After clinging to a three-point lead at the half, Saint Leo men's basketball outscored Lynn in the second half by 14 to win on senior night inside the Marion Bowman Activities Center, 99-82. The Lions fed off the energy of the crowd to claw their way back into the win column with two games remaining in the regular season.

"Great effort and intensity all game by our seniors," Head Coach Lance Randall exclaimed. "Big shots by TC, Isaiah and Kyran for the usual outstanding play on both ends and Yalen's big three's in the first half and some momentum dunks in the second half really helped get that separation."
 
The Green and Gold honored six seniors Saturday night in Isaiah Hill, Kyran McClure, Yalen Reed, Tyler Carter, Malik Fuller, and Ty Forman. Hill paced Saint Leo (15-11, 9-9 SSC) with a game-high 27 points where McClure followed with 21. Reed added 15 points, Carter eight, Fuller and Forman each four. Juniors Wade Coomer and Rusty Moorer added 11 and eight points, respectively. Forman led the team in rebounding with eight boards, seven on the defensive glass.

Randall added, "great to have Rusty back playing long minutes. It was a great win in front of the best crowd in the SSC."
 
As a team, the Lions shot lights out in the second half, improving the field-goal percentage from 46.7-percent to 54.1-percent in the second half for a game shooting percentage of 50.7. Saint Leo outrebounded Lynn 23-13 while committing just nine turnovers to the Fighting Knights' 17.
 
Lynn (10-14, 6-12 SSC) saw Christian Peevy drop 25 points in the loss while Brandon Bornelus added 20. Peevy added a game-high 12 rebounds on the night to complete his road double-double.
 
A tight beginning to the game saw seven minutes of one possession ball before the Lions' Rusty Moorer hit a jumper to push it to a four-point game, 12-8. The Fighting Knights battled back to tie things at 14-all before it remained close for the next 10 minutes until the Green and Gold blew things open to eight points with 48-ticks left, looking to make it double-digits. Seven straight points off technical free throws and a three cut the deficit to just one points, 45-44, before the Lions headed into the break leading by three, 47-44 thanks to a Wade Coomer free throw.
 
Saint Leo came out of the break and quickly pushed the lead to 10 points, 65-55. Lynn cut things back to single digits, 65-61, before another quick run made it a 10-point game with 9:17 to play. The Lions would continue to hold a lead and remain out in front by two possessions pushing the advantage to 16 points thanks to six points from Moorer and Yalen Reed. The Lions would roll up by 21 with a Tyler Carter three. The Fighting Knights would make one last three to bring the game to the final 17-point spread, 99-82.
 
Up Next
Saint Leo will remain at home and host Eckerd in the home finale on February 28 at 7:30 p.m.
 
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