ELMIRA, NY – Six players including all five starters scored in double figures Friday night for the Nazareth University Men's Basketball team as the Golden Flyers delivered an 88-69 victory over Elmira to remain unbeaten in Empire 8 play.
Nazareth (6-5 overall, 3-0 Empire 8) outscored Elmira (4-7, 0-2 Empire 8) by 11 points in the first half to take a 39-28 lead and then poured in 49 points in the second half to pull away for the victory.
Junior Jack Broderick led the way with 16 points on 6-for-12 shooting from the field and a perfect 3-for-3 from the free throw line. Fellow junior Luke Insley added 14 points and four assists, graduate student Jordan Haggard added 13 while fellow graduate student Logan Blankenberg and sophomore Tyler Putney each scored 11 points and sophomore Jaylen Savage rounded out the double-digit scoring with 10 points.
Blankenberg had a team-leading nine rebounds and Broderick added seven rebounds.
The Golden Flyers connected on 36-of-74 (48.6 percent) from the field and were nearly perfect from the free throw line hitting eight of nine attempts. Nazareth used a strong inside game with 52 points in the paint and had a 56-46 rebounding edge to overpower the Soaring Eagles.
Nazareth continues the Empire 8 road trip with a 4 p.m. game at Alfred Saturday.