Bronx, N.Y. – The Lehman College men's basketball dropped a 73-62 decision to visiting Manhattanville College in a non-conference encounter on Thursday at The APEX Main Gym.  The Lightning fall to a 7-5 overall record, while the Valiants improve to a 9-3 mark.

Manhattanville never trailed in the game as it first jumped to a 10-point advantage at the intermission (41-31).

Lehman battled back in the second stanza as it went on a 15 to 6 run to cut Manhattanville's lead to single point (47-46) with 12:31 remaining.  However, the Valiants went on a run of their own, 20 to 10 to with 2:31 remaining (67-56) to pull away and hold on to the victory.

Forward Mo Idrissou led the Lightning with a 'double-double' of 10 points with 10 boards.  Teammate Isaiah Geathers and guard Will Feldman each added nine points each.

Lehman returns to CUNYAC action next Tuesday (January 3^rd) when it travels to Manhattan to take on CCNY at the Nat Holman Gym with tip-off set for 7 pm ET.