ITHACA, NY – Sophomore Marc Chasin scored 38 points on Thursday as the Ithaca College men's basketball team posted a 96-85 win over Union College in a non-conference battle in Ben Light Gymnasium. With the win, Ithaca moves to 6-2 overall while the Dutchmen fall to 1-5 on the season.

Chasin led all scorers after knocking down 15-of-26 shots including five from beyond the 3-point line.  He also pulled down nine rebounds and added four assists in the win.  Sam Bevan added 19 points for Ithaca and a team-high five helpers while Peter Ezema notched his fourth double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds.  Joey Flanagan also reached double figures, finishing with 12 points.

Union was led by Ryan Whelpley's career high 22 points and William Hython, who also scored 22. Hython also had 10 rebounds to record his 23rd career double-double. Deshon Burgess added 16 points with four assists. Union shot 51% for the game and 62% in the second half.

Ithaca found itself in an 11-point hole in the early goings after Union jumped out to a 22-9 lead with 12:04 to play in the first, but a pair of free throws from senior Bevan sparked a 10-0 run for the Bombers to bring the home team to within three points, 22-19. After exchanging baskets over the next four minutes, Ithaca would take its first lead of the contest at the 4:19 mark of the opening stanza after back-to-back 3-pointers from Bevan and Matt Flood made it 36-34 in Ithaca's favor.

The Dutchmen would tie the contest twice in the half's final three minutes with lay-ups but Chasin would stake the Bombers to a three-point lead to give Ithaca a 44-41 heading into the locker room. Coming out of intermission, Union would once again tie the score, 51-51, after a fast break dunk, but  the Bombers would build their lead to 10 when Chasin drained one of his five 3-pointers to put Ithaca up 76-66 with 7:32 still showing in the game. The Dutchmen would hang around however, cutting the lead to five points, but that was as close as they would come as the Bombers closed out the game on an 11-5 run.

Union ends the 2015 portion of the schedule Saturday for a 4 p.m. non-league game at the University of Rochester.