Syracuse, N.Y. (February 16) -- Senior Chris Vetrano (Andover, Mass.) knocked down eight three-pointers in an 86-84 overtime loss at Le Moyne on Saturday afternoon in Northeast-10 play at Ted Grant Court in Syracuse. The senior guard finished with a team-high 26 points as five Hawks finished in double figures.

Le Moyne jumped out to an 11-9 lead with 14:19 left in the first half before Vetrano knocked down a three to give the Hawks a 12-11 lead. The Saint Anselm lead ballooned to as many as nine at 40-31 after a pair of free throws by Branimir Zeko (Mississauga, Ontario) before the visitors took a 41-34 lead into the half.

In the opening four minutes of the second half, Saint Anselm pushed the lead to double digits at 48-38 with 16:13 left after a three-pointer from freshman Thomas Baudinet (Watertown, Conn.). The Dolphins had other ideas and chipped away at that lead to close within one at the midway point of the half on a three-pointer from Jonathan Joshua. Le Moyne eventually tied the game at 62-62 with 8:32 left on a free throw from Laurence Ekperigin before taking the 67-66 lead on another Joshua trifecta with 6:58 remaining. The lead changed hands four times in the last minutes of the game before the teams headed into the extra session. Saint Anselm had three chances in the final 48 seconds of regulation to take the lead, but were unable to do so.

In the extra session, the hosts scored first as they would never trail in the overtime. Saint Anselm freshman John Tello (Ridgefield Park, N.J.) had a pair of baskets in the period, but it was Le Moyne's Dan Cromwell who came up big with a trio of blocked shots in the final seconds to preserve the win. The Hawks had a chance for the win as they inbounded the ball 0.6 left on the clock, but a Vetrano three-pointer was off at the buzzer as the Dolphins swept the Hawks in the regular-season series for the first time since joining the Northeast-10.

The Hawks were led by 26 points from Vetrano, along with 14 points from Tello, 10 each from Baudinet and Lewis Thompson (Wall, N.J.) and a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double from Zeko. Jason Holmes was outstanding for Le Moyne with 33 points, while Ekperigin had a 25-point, 10-rebound double-double. Joshua also ended up with 13 points on the evening.

With the loss, the Hawks fall to 11-13 overall and 9-11 in the Northeast-10, while Le Moyne now sits at 13-12 overall and 11-9 in league play. Saint Anselm is idle until next Saturday when the Hawks travel to Franklin Pierce for a 3:30 p.m. start in Rindge, N.H.