EASTON, Pa. – The Lafayette College men's basketball team scored 45 second-half points to outrun visiting Army 68-54 to earn its first Patriot League win of the season Sunday afternoon inside Kirby Sports Center.
 
"Our defense really did a great job for us and we really shot it well in the second half," said head coach Fran O'Hanlon. "But the effort really started on the defensive side and if we can play that kind of defense the rest of the way, we can be really competitive in this league."
 
Junior Leo O'Boyle got going early and scored a game-high 16 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead the way for the leopards while senior Tyrone Perry had 13 points, five rebounds and four assists.
 
After trailing at the half, 26-23, Lafayette exploded to shoot nearly 60% in the second half as a unit, while holding the Black Knights to just 33% from the field for the game.
 
Junior Neal Quinn made a lay-up to tie the game at 32 that sparked a 10-0 Lafayette run to steal all momentum. Sophomore Kyle Jenkins also converted in the paint followed by back-to-back 3-pointers by Perry and O'Boyle.
 
Quinn finished with 12 points and vie boards while Jenkins also added 12 to go along with career bests in assists with six and blocks with three.
 
The run would eventually come to an end, but the Leopards would score on 12-consecutive possessions in the middle of the second half to lead by as many as 21 points after a Quinn bucket with seven minutes left.
 
The Leopards assisted on 20-of-27 field goals and turned Army over 15 times, scoring 21 points off those takeaways.
 
Freshman CJ Fulton scored eight points with five assists while classmate Chris Rubayo played key minutes off the bench, shooting 2-of-2 from the field for four points with five rebounds.
 
Lafayette will get a rest after the Holy Cross game postponement and travels to Colgate Saturday for a 2 p.m. tip-off on ESPN+.
 
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