NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) - Lamont Jones scored 20 points and Sean Armand added 19 in Iona's 65-58 win over Denver on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
Jones, who also dished seven assists, made 7 of 15 shot attempts - including three 3-pointers. Jones was on the court all 40 minutes for the Gaels, who had six players see over 25 minutes of game action.
Iona led 13-6 with 11:29 left in the first half before Armand scored seven straight points for the Gaels, pushing their advantage to 20-6.
Iona increased its lead to 19, 36-17, behind a 3-pointer from Jones and entered halftime with a 40-17 lead.
Denver battled back in the second half, narrowing the gap to 59-53 with 4:44 left to play, but Jones converted another 3-pointer and made a layup on back-to-back possessions to expand Iona's lead to 11, 64-53.
Chris Udofia led Denver with 20 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Denver (0-1) | 17 | 41 | 58 |
| Iona (1-0) « | 40 | 25 | 65 |
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| Denver Pioneers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Udofia, F | 36 | 7-13 | 6-7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| B. Foeman, F | 29 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| B. Olson, G | 40 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| R. O'Neale, G | 39 | 3-6 | 4-5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| C. Hallam, G | 34 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Griffin | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Love | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Byrd | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-45 | 10-13 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 58 | |
| 46.7% | 76.9% | ||||||
| Iona Gaels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Ridley, F | 30 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| C. Dennis, F | 26 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| L. Jones, G | 40 | 7-15 | 3-3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| T. Bowman, G | 36 | 2-6 | 6-6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| S. Armand, G | 24 | 8-11 | 1-1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Sledge | 28 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| S. Jackson | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| D. Gomez | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-45 | 11-12 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 65 | |
| 53.3% | 91.7% | ||||||
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