NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) - Sean Armand matched his career high with 32 points as Iona pulled away from Canisius 97-87 Sunday for its fifth straight win.
Armand, who came in ranked No. 5 in the nation with 59 made 3-pointers, was 9 of 15 from long range to surpass 200 career treys. The Gaels (11-6, 5-1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) made 16 of 33 3-ponters.
Iona's Tre Bowman added a career-high 24 points.
The Gaels, who trailed by seven in the first half, opened the second with an 8-0 run to lead 55-49.
The Golden Griffins (10-7, 3-3) pulled ahead 58-57, but A.J. English and Armand hit back-to-back 3-pointers. After Reggie Groves' 3-pointer got Canisius within two, David Laury scored five straight points to spark an 8-0 Iona run.
Harold Washington scored a season-high 26 and Billy Baron had 20 points and 11 assists for the Golden Griffins, who have lost four of five.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Canisius (10-7) | 49 | 38 | 87 |
| Iona (11-6) « | 47 | 50 | 97 |
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| Canisius Golden Griffins | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Manhertz, F | 31 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Heath, F | 27 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| B. Baron, G | 38 | 8-16 | 0-0 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 20 |
| H. Washington, G | 37 | 8-14 | 7-8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| I. Sosa, G | 33 | 3-12 | 0-1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Groves | 14 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Heath | 14 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| F. Asprilla | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 32-64 | 11-13 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 87 | |
| 50% | 84.6% | ||||||
| Iona Gaels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Ridley, F | 23 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| S. Armand, G | 36 | 11-18 | 1-1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 32 |
| D. Laury, G | 26 | 6-9 | 1-4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| L. Jones, G | 25 | 2-9 | 2-3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| T. Sledge, G | 19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Bowman | 32 | 8-13 | 6-6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| A. English | 19 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| D. Gomez | 17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| N. Moikobu | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Dennis | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 35-65 | 11-18 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 97 | |
| 53.8% | 61.1% | ||||||
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