Bronx, N.Y. – The Lehman College men's basketball won its fifth-straight game on Thursday with an 84-60 thumping of the College of Mount Saint Vincent in the opening round game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament from the Apex.  The team improved to 7-2 on the season.
 
Lehman opened the game with a 7-0 run and never looked back.  Ja-Zhyoun Laing, who earned his first start of the season, opened the scoring with a layup.  Andrew Utate put the Lightning up 5-0, with a three-point-play.  Finally, a Luis Hernandez jumper at 17:53 made the score, 7-0. 
The Dolphins fought back and pulled within two before Lehman pushed the attack and got their advantage up to double-digits when Mylo Mitchell made a three-pointer at 12:36 in the first half.  Miguel Haboosh came off the bench to score eight points on 3-4 shooting.  He gave the Lighting its largest lead of the first half, when he sank a trifecta with 1:27 left to make the score 47-25.  Lehman led 47-26 at the break.
 
Lehman's lead was never in jeopardy in the second half as it swelled to as many as 28 points when Tevon Bennett made the score 82-54 on a layup with 2:31 left.  Leham went on to win 84-60.  In the game, Hernandez totaled a game-high, 22 points (on 8-14 shooting).  Mitchell added 17 and had five assists.  Finally, Lang scored 11.
 
The Lighting will face SUNYIT in the championship game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament on Friday at 6PM.