CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Shooting a season-best 54.2 percent from three-point range, the Southern Vermont College men's basketball team defeated Lesley University 83-62 on the road at Buckingham Browne & Nichols Saturday evening in New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) action.

With the win, SVC moves to 3-1 in the NECC, 9-4 overall. Lesley drops to 0-4 in the league, 2-10 on the season.

Mountaineer sophomore forward Dolapo Olugbile (Laurel, Md.) led the team with 17 points to go along with four rebounds, two assists and two blocks. Freshman guard Rayshawn Taylor (Silver Spring, Md.) followed with 16 while freshman guard Jordan Alston (Hughesville, Md.) tallied 13 off the bench, hitting 4-of-6 three-pointers.

Holding a 22-17 lead with 9:42 to go in the first half, the Mountaineers blew the game open with a 21-4 run over the next six minutes of play to take command with a 43-21 lead. Alston and Olugbile started the streak with back-to-back treys while Taylor led the visitors charge with eight points, including knocking down two from deep during the streak.

After taking a 48-30 edge into halftime, the Mountaineers did not slow down scoring the first six points of the second stanza before opening their biggest lead of the night, 77-48, off an Olugbile trey with 4:40 to go.

SVC's 13 three's marked a new season-high, shattering their previous mark of seven three's hit in their season-opening win over Williams College. The Mountaineers also pulled down 14 caroms off the offensive glass that turned into 16 second-chance points.

Lesley struggled from the field, connecting on just 34.4-percent (22-of-64) including a paltry 2-of-15 mark from beyond the arc. SVC finished 46-percent (29-of-63) from the floor while out-rebounding the Lynx by a 47-36 margin.

Mountaineer sophomore forward DeShawn Hamlet (Hartford, Conn.) led the team with 10 rebounds to go along with seven rebounds while junior guard Jermaine Campbell (Bridgeport, Conn.) tied the game-high of three assists, adding three points and three boards off the bench.

SVC looks to make in three straight with a Tuesday conference home game against Daniel Webster College starting at 7 p.m., and Lesley returns to action next Thursday with a 7 p.m. tip at Becker College.