Bronx, N.Y. – The Lehman College men's basketball team defeated Hunter College, 66-52, in the final regular-season game for the Lightning.  The victory was the team's 13^th straight and pushed their overall record to 21-4 and 15-1 in conference.  Prior to tip off, Dominek Tucker, Mylo Mitchell, Luis Hernandez, John Brens, Jean Marcial, Paris Underwood, Tevon Bennett, Andrew Utate and Ja-Zhyoun Laing were honored in the Senior Day ceremony.
 
 The Hawks took an early lead in the game, going up 14-6 at the 14:37 mark.  Lehman fought back and tied the game at 18-18 on a Mitchell trifecta at 8:20.  From there, the Lightning used an 8-0 run to take a 26-18 lead.  The points came from Hernandez (four) Marcial (two) and Gabe Jeffers (two). Mitchell pushed the advantage to 11 points with a three-pointer at 4:02.  The largest lead of the half, 16 points came on a Marcial tip-in at 1:03.  Lehman led at the break, 37-22.
 
Around the ten minute mark of the second half, back-to-back threes from Paris Underwood and Bennett gave Lehman its largest lead, 24 points, at 59-35.  Lehman went on to win, 66-52.
 
In the game, Hernandez shot 5-of-6 for 14 points.  Utate scored 12.  Every player who was eligible got in the game.

The Lehman College men's basketball team earned a bye to the semi-final of the CUNYAC championship where they host the winner of the Hunter-John Jay matchup.  The game will take place at CCNY on February 20.