PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The St. John Fisher College men's basketball team had three players finish in double figures on Saturday as the Cardinals remained perfect in Empire 8 play behind an 88-69 win over the visiting Hartwick College Hawks inside Manning and Napier Varsity Gymnasium on Bobby Wanzer Court.  With the win, Fisher improved to 7-3 overall and 2-0 in the conference while the Hawks fell to 4-7, 0-2, respectively.

Ryan Henderson led all players with 23 points on 10-of-12 shooting to go along with four rebounds.  Sammy Robinson notched his second consecutive double-double as the junior added 18 points, 10 rebounds and three assists in the win.  Matt Asenjo chipped in with 14 points in 27 minutes while James Leone contributed nine points, six boards and four helpers.  Louden Porter and Brendan Trapper each finished with seven points off the bench. 

Hartwick struck first in the opening period with an old-fashioned 3-point play just 28 seconds into the game, but a one-handed slam by Henderson began a 17-4 run by the Cardinals that used 3:37 of clock to make it a 10-point game, 17-7.

The lead remained in double digits until a 3-pointer by Hartwick cut the gap to eight points, but that was as close as the Hawks would get in the first half as the Cardinals reeled off 15 of the game's next 20 points to hold a 45-27 cushion with 1:41 left to go before the break.

Trailing by 18, Hartwick chipped away and scored the half's final five points including a 3-pointer at the buzzer to head into the locker room facing an uphill climb, 45-32.

The Cardinals kept their foot on the gas in the second half and would build a 24-point lead after orchestrating a 12-0 run fueled by back-to-back threes from Robinson and Asenjo.  The Hawks would eventually climb to within 17 points with 6:03 still showing on the clock, but that was as close as they would get as the Cardinals cruised to the 19-point win.

As a team, Fisher was 30-for-67 (.448) from the field and was nearly perfect from the free throw line at 19-for-22 (.864).  The Cardinals drained nine shots from behind the arc and forced Hartwick in to 16 turnovers.  The team distributed the ball well with 21 assists on 30 field goals. 

The Cardinals will look to make it three wins in a row at 7 p.m. on Tuesday when they step out of conference play to face Union College on the road in Schenectady.