RIT OUTSCORES NAZARETH, 74-60
Golden Flyers (6-10 overall) visit Utica, Hartwick this weekend
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Jan. 25, 2005) – Visiting RIT bolted to a 22-point lead in the first 15 minutes of the first half Tuesday and went on to take a 74-60 men's basketball victory over Nazareth.

The Empire 8 Conference win improved RIT's league record to 4-1. The Tigers are 10-6 overall. Nazareth fell to 1-4, 6-10.

After Nazareth's Joe Canori scored the first basket of the game, RIT got seven straight points from senior Sean Murphy (22 points) and never trailed thereafter. The Tigers' lead swelled to 30-8 on a basket by Tim Bacon with 8:24 left in the half.

Nazareth closed to within 12 points by halftime, 37-25, and then moved to within eight points on two occasions in the second half. A basket by Kyle Nelson (11 points, pictured) with 17:15 to play trimmed the lead to 40-32, but RIT's Kyle Goff answered with a three-pointer and the Tigers' lead stayed in double digits the rest of the way.

Canori was Nazareth's high scorer with 17 points. Ryan McAdam added 16. In addition to Murphy's game-high 22 points for RIT, Goff scored 13 and Reggie Shore added 10.

Nazareth returns to action Friday at Utica College at 8 p.m., then Saturday at Hartwick at 4 p.m. (WHTK-AM 1280).