The Misericordia University men's basketball used a big second half to pull away from William Paterson for a 94-72 win in the 25^th Annual McCarthy Tire Laurel Line Tournament, Saturday afternoon in the Anderson Center.

Tournament MVP Jason Kenny had 11 points in just 22 minutes and Tre Fields was named to the All-Tournament team with 14 points.

Tony Harding led six MU players in double figures with a game-high 24 points and Noah Rivera had a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.  Griffin Sponaugle had 13 points and six assists and James Hawk added 10 points.

Trailing 41-40 in the opening minute of the second half, Harding drained a pull up jumper to put Misericordia ahead for good, 42-41.

Harding finished a fast break with an assist from Sponaugle and Rivera hit two free throws to make it 48-43.

Fields sank a 15-foot jumper and Kenny drained a step-back three-pointer from the let win for a 53-43 lead with less than five minutes gone in the half.

Kenny went coast-to-coast for a driving layup and Fields buried a three-pointer from the left wing to give MU a 60-48 lead.

Fields drove the lane and kicked it out to Rodway who drilled a three-pointer from the left corner and Hawk hauled in a long outlet pass from Rodway for a 71-57 advantage with 9:14 to go.

Kenny had back-to-back layups as the Cougars pulled away, 87-65, with just under five minutes remaining.

Misericordia will travel to Lebanon Valley, Tuesday.