RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Sophomore guard Tajric Boggs (Coram, NY/Longwood) scored the first nine points of a late 13-2 run which allowed Felician College to pull away from visiting Dowling College for a 70-56 non-conference men's basketball victory during a rare Martin Luther King Day matinee at Job Gymnasium.

Felician (6-9) emerged from a first half that contained eight lead changes with a 32-31 advantage. The Golden Falcons never trailed in the second half, but were never ahead by more than five points for the first 15 minutes of period two.

But a three-point play and two free throws by Boggs put the hosts ahead, 53-46, with 4:57 to play. After two Dowling free throws, Boggs scored his team's next four points before Antoine Obery (Roselle, NJ/Abraham Clark) completed the run with consecutive lay-ups for a 63-50 edge at 2:39. Felician would take its largest lead, 68-51, on a Boggs bucket with 0:30 remaining.

Obery came off the bench to post game highs of 21 points and seven rebounds in 26 minutes for the Golden Falcons. Boggs finished with 13 points, and John Tello (Ridgefield Park, NJ/Ridgefield Park) added 11. Leon Taylor (Rockville Centre, NY/Southside) (four rebounds, three assists) and John Merchant III (Monticello, NY/Tri-Valley) picked up 10 points apiece for the Golden Lions (4-10).

Felician shot a season-high 48.1 percent from the floor and owned a 36-26 rebounding advantage.