Sacred Heart beats Lafayette 62-50 (Dec 09, 2017)

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FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) Joseph Lopez had 15 points and tied a career high with 16 rebounds and Sacred Heart beat Lafayette 62-50 on Saturday.

Sean Hoehn and De'von Barnett added 15 points each for the Pioneers (5-5), who led the entire way.

The Leopards (1-8) got the deficit down to four in the middle of the second half but couldn't get closer.

Sacred Heart pulled away with a 7-0 run to lead 44-33 and extended to as many as 14 in the final minutes. The Pioneers held Lafayette to 19 first-half points as the Leopards made just 1 of 12 from 3-point range in the first half.

Matt Klinewski had 11 points and eight rebounds and Justin Jaworski scored 10 for Lafayette.