| 2/18/2005 10:02:53 PM
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ELMIRA, NY – Senior forward
Sean Murphy (Buffalo, NY/Williamsville North) (Buffalo, NY/Williamsville North) scored 27 to go along with 10 rebounds, leading the RIT Men’s Basketball team to a 77-60 win over Elmira on Friday night at the Speidel Gymnasium.
RIT (17-7, 11-2 Empire 8) won for the 10th time in their last 11 games.
Murphy moved into 13th place on the all-time Tiger scoring list. He now has 1,118 career points. It was the fourth double-double of the year for Murphy, who was recently named to the 2004-05 ESPN The Magazine College Division Regional Academic All-America First Team.
RIT led 37-31 at the half, as all 11 players who played for the Tigers in the opening 20 minutes scored at least two points.
The Tigers went on an 8-0 run to start the second half, and led by as much as 18. RIT shot 16-of-27 (59.3 percent) in the second half.
Kyle Goff (Manassas, VA/Stonewall Jackson) (Manassas, VA/Stonewall Jackson) pulled down nine rebounds to go along with eight points and three assists.
Reggie Shore (Amityville, NY/Amityville) led the Tigers with five assists and four steals.
RIT out-rebounded Elmira 39-33. The Tigers set a season-high with 16 steals.
Micah Owens scored 16 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for Elmira (3-20, 3-9 Empire 8). Albert Davis grabbed 11 rebounds and scored 10 points.
The Tigers close out the regular season at Ithaca College on Saturday. Tip-off is at 2 p.m.
