ITHACA, N.Y. – Senior Matt Flood of the Ithaca College men's basketball team netted a career-high 25 points to lift the Bombers past visiting Union College, 85-69, on Saturday afternoon in a Liberty League contest inside Ben Light Gymnasium. With the victory, IC snaps its three-game losing streak to even its overall record at 9-9 on the season and now owns a 5-6 mark in the Liberty League. Union falls to 8-9 and 4-7.

Flood tallied 17 of his game-high 25 points in the second half and went 7-for-12 from the floor, 5-of-9 from 3-point range and 6-of-8 at the free throw line. He also dished out four assists, pulled down three rebounds and notched three steals. All 17 of his second half points came in a 13:20 stretch which turned a one-point Bomber lead (43-42) into a 13-point advantage (80-67) with 1:18 left in the game.

Freshman Skylar Sinon and junior Sebastian Alderete also reached double figures with 14 points each, while senior Peter Ezema added 12 points. Sinon also contributed four rebounds, three assists and two blocks, while Alderete ripped down seven rebounds and went 7-of-10 from the floor. Ezema chipped in eight boards in the win.

Sophomores Cooper Macklin (six) and Bryan Karl (five), and freshman George Sikoryak III (four) combined to score 15 for Ithaca. Sophomore Lucas Joshi scored three points and junior Riley Thompson added two points to round out IC's offensive output.

The Bombers held the Liberty League's top shooting team to 33.8% from the floor (22-for-65) and 27.3 % from 3-point range (9-for-33). Union entered the contest converting 45.6% of its attempts overall and 41.6% from distance.

Union did, however, jump out to a 7-0 lead over the opening 1:29, and over the course of the next 13 minutes, built an 11-point cushion at 29-18 with 5:48 remaining.

From there, the Bombers chipped away at its deficit. With 2:30 left, Flood drilled a 3-pointer to make the score 33-31 in favor of Union, and 30 seconds later, he made both ends at the free throw line to knot the game at 33-33. The Dutchmen answered on their next trip down the floor, but IC's comeback was capped off with a three-point play by Ezema to give the Bombers their first lead - which stood for the remainder of the contest - at 36-35 heading into halftime.

Ezema continued his stretch of scoring to start the second half as he tallied four straight to give the Bombers a five-point lead, 40-35, within the opening minute. Union responded with eight of the next 10 points to bring things back to one point at 43-42, which then set up the torrid shooting display by Flood.

By the 11:56 mark, IC pushed its lead to 11 points at 55-44 before the Dutchmen went on a 6-0 run over the next 1:54. The Bombers once again found their shooting touch with nine unanswered points over a 3:12 stretch to secure a 14-point cushion at 64-50.

Union was unable to get back to within single digits the rest of the game. Ithaca would go on to establish a pair of 17-point leads before finishing off the contest with the 85-69 win.

Ithaca shot 31-for-59 overall (52.5%) and went 14-for-18 at the free throw line (77.8%). The Bombers also used the transition game to their advantage, as they tallied 23 points on the break.

The Bombers will return to Ben Light Gymnasium for two more Liberty League games against Skidmore and RPI on Feb. 1-2.