The Saratogian (Saratoga, NY)

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) >> Kyle Leufroy scored a career-best 25 points with four 3-pointers as Lehigh spoiled Siena’s home opener 8069 Wednesday night, winning for the 12th time in 13 games and off to its first 4-1 start in 10 seasons.

Jordan Cohen added 15 points and four assists for the Mountain Hawks, who shot 58 percent from the floor (29 of 50). Marques Wilson added 12 points and Jeameril Wilson 10.

A Wilson 3-pointer with 2:26 to go before halftime put Lehigh into the lead, 34-32, and a Sloan Seymour 3 made it 42-37 at the break.

The Saints came within a basket several times in the second half, but Lehigh had an answer each time.

Jalen Pickett led Siena with 25 points with four 3-pointers and seven assists. Evan Fisher added 13 points and seven rebounds. Siena shot 41 percent (26 of 64). CINCINNATI (AP) >> Reds closer Raisel Iglesias agreed Wednesday to a three-year contract guaranteei­ng $24,125,000, a deal that avoided arbitratio­n.

Iglesias reached a $27 million, seven-year agreement in 2014 that allowed him to void the remainder of the deal once he was eligible for salary arbitratio­n. That agreement called for $5 million salaries in each of the next two seasons.

He made $4.5 million this year, when he had a career-high 30 saves in 34 chances and a 2.38 ERA.

The Reds are trying to emerge from a massive rebuild that’s left them with three straight 90-loss seasons. Last year, they added setup men Jared Hughes and David Hernandez to the bullpen and got significan­t improvemen­t. Their priority this offseason is to add a couple of veteran starters. STARKVILLE, MISS. (AP) >> Mississipp­i State University and the company that owns its sports broadcast rights have ended a sponsorshi­p by a trucking company led by a man pardoned of cyberstalk­ing.

Gulf Relay of Clinton sponsored the university’s military appreciati­on ceremonies before last week’s game against Arkansas.

The Clarion Ledger reports company President Douglas Hindman was honored during pregame ceremonies.

Learfield says it didn’t know that Hindman was arrested for soliciting sex from a minor in 2006 in an online sting. Hindman later pleaded guilty to a felony cyberstalk­ing charge. Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned Hindman in 2012.

The company, which pays the university for its multimedia rights, sold the sponsorshi­p to Gulf Relay.

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