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Iona's David Laury scores career-high days after arrest

Josh Thomson
jthomson@lohud.com
  • Iona senior star David Laury scored 30 points and had 11 rebounds in 91-84 win vs. Indiana State.
  • Laury%2C a 6-foot-9 forward%2C was arrested Tuesday night in New Rochelle on misdemeanor assault.
  • Laury served a one-game suspension Wednesday night in Iona%27s win over Rider.

NEW ROCHELLE – Just days after serving a one-game suspension stemming from an arrest Tuesday night, Iona College star David Laury scored a career-high 30 points in a 91-84 victory over Indiana State.

Laury, a 6-foot-9 senior and the MAAC preseason player of the year, was arrested for misdemeanor assault Tuesday in New Rochelle after an altercation with his roommate at 52 Colgini Ave., a non-campus house located less than a mile south of campus. The victim was not identified, but is believed to be a fellow student.

Laury turned himself in around 11:30 Tuesday night.

The big man, who is second on the team in scoring and first in rebounding, served a one-game suspension for what was deemed a violation of team rules in Wednesday's home win over Rider. It was the first disciplinary action taken against Laury since he enrolled at Iona in Jan. 2012.

The school, head coach Tim Cluess and Laury declined comment following Saturday's game.

"I don't have any comment," Laury said following Saturday's victory. "I'm just here to talk about the game."

It was Laury's play in the second half that fueled the Gaels' comeback from a 15-point first-half deficit. He totaled 17 of his 30 points as Iona erased a six-point hole.

"I just wanted to come out and have my teammates' back like they had my back Wednesday night," Laury said.

Teammate Isaiah Williams also reached a career-high, scoring 27 points, 17 of them in the first half. He and Laury helped the Gaels overcome an off day from A.J. English, the nation's leading scorer, who was held to just eight points on 1-for-11 shooting. (English entered averaging 26.5 points per game.)

"Isaiah was great from the start and I thought Dave gave us a great second half," Cluess said. "For us to win the game, I thought those were the matchups we had to take advantage of."

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