The St. John Fisher College men's basketball program earned a 77-52 win against host Utica College in its final regular-season road game on Tuesday night.

With the win, Fisher improves to 16-5 overall and 10-2 in the Empire 8 Conference.   If the Cardinals can win their final four home games, they will be the Empire 8 regular-season champions and will host the Empire 8 Conference Championship for the second straight year.

Utica took a 3-0 lead, but Fisher answer with a 9-0 run to take the lead for good.   Fisher led 10-7 with just over 13 minutes left in the half, but pulled away over the next five minutes, thanks to an 18-1 run.  The Pioneer, however, closed out the opening period with an 8-2 spurt to make it 44-31 at the half.

Fisher would not relinquish its double-digit lead.   Utica pulled to within 12 at 49-37 with 14:41 left, but Fisher rattled off a 20-2 run over the next nine minute to take command and earn its 12 win in its last 14 games.

Alex Sausville tallied a career-high 24 points, including 18 in the first half.  The sophomore, who scored then-a-career-high 23 points in Saturday's win over Nazareth College, made four 3-pointers in the first half and also snagged six rebounds.

Freshman Daniel Morales also enjoyed a career night, tallying nine points, five rebounds and a team-high three steals.  He entered Tuesday night with just 11 points on the season.

Junior Keegan Ryan contributed 16 points and eight rebounds, while classmate Zach Ottaway added 10 points in just 12 minutes of action.

Tyler English finished with 12 points and nine rebounds, while senior Tyler Hart added three points, seven rebounds and a team-high seven assists.

Fisher returns to action at 6 p.m. on Friday and will host Elmira College.  The Cardinals will also host Houghton College at 2 p.m. on Saturday.