ALBANY, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team used a balanced offense and big late rebounding to hold off The College of Saint Rose, 67-65, on Wednesday in a Northeast-10 Conference affair in Nolan Gymnasium. Six Purple Knights scored at least eight points, while two finished with double-doubles.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (8-6, 2-6 NE10), Saint Rose (7-8, 2-6 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Brianna Purcell (Bedford, N.H./Bedford), 15 points, 10 assists, 6 rebounds, 5-for-10 field goals, 5-for-7 free throws
• Sophomore Emma MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington), 15 points, 2 assists, 5-for-6 free throws
• Junior Nicole Anderson (Kittery Point, Maine/Marianapolis Prep), 11 points, 2 assists
• Senior Taylor Miller (Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth), 10 points, 10 rebounds, 4 offensive rebounds, 5-for-9 field goals
• Senior Alyssa Breunig (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull), 8 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 2-for-4 three-pointers
• Sophomore Nicole Ladas (Glastonbury, Conn./Tilton School), 8 points, 4 rebounds, 3-for-4 field goals, 2-for-3 three-pointers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Leah Dollard, 16 points, 3 steals, 6-for-9 free throws
• Junior Nina Fedullo, 15 points, 11 rebounds
• Sophomore Becca Townes, 9 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals

GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's won at Saint Rose for the first time since Dec 6, 2008, by a similar 68-66 score.
• Saint Rose had been 3-0 in the New Year, bringing a three-game overall winning streak into the game.
• Purcell surpassed 100 assists (107) for the second time in her career, notching at least 10 in a game for the fifth time this season.
• The Purple Knights shot 44.6 percent to Saint Rose's 38.6 percent while holding a 41-30 rebounding advantage, with a slim 13-10 edge in offensive boards leading to a 12-6 lead in second-chance points.

THE ACTION

• An early 9-2 run put the Purple Knights up 11-4 by 5:53 of the opening quarter, with Purcell scoring five points and dishing to Miller for the other two buckets.
• Sophomore Shamim Wambere's jumper later cut the lead to 13-10, but MacDonough wrapped two three-pointers around a Townes triple in one 47-second stretch, making it 19-13 with 2:57 to go.
• Ladas connected on a pair of treys 1:02 apart before Anderson capped the 8-0 run with a jumper at 13 ticks, giving Saint Michael's a 27-15 lead.
• Four players scored as the Golden Knights began the second quarter on a 9-2 run, and consecutive threes by first-year Isabel Sanchez trimmed the visitor advantage to 33-32 with 3:11 left, finishing off a 17-6 run.
• Miller, Anderson and Ladas put home buckets during a 6-0 response, and the visitors took a 41-36 lead into the locker room.
• Anderson drilled a three 13 seconds after halftime, but three Saint Rose players scored in a tying 8-0 run, with Fedullo's triple knotting the teams at 44 with 6:35 left for the first of two ties in 2:07.
• Miller's lay-in at 4:10 snapped the second deadlock, kicking off a 7-1 run that gave Saint Michael's a 54-48 lead, and Miller's buzzer-beating jumper kept the visitors head 56-52 heading into the fourth quarter.
• The Purple Knights led by no more than four points prior to Fedullo tying the game on a lay-in with 4:13 to go, and senior Takora McIntyre's driving hoop gave the hosts their first lead, 62-61, at 2:44.
• A tying MacDonough free throw was met by two from Dollard with 1:58 left, and Saint Rose led 64-62.
• The advantage was short-lived, as Breunig responded with a go-ahead triple from the top of the arc 18 seconds later.
• Townes rebounded her own miss at 31 seconds to give her team another look at a go-ahead hoop, but Breunig pulled her 11th board with 14.8 ticks remaining before MacDonough drained a pair of free throws at 13.7 seconds to make it 67-64.
• With time winding down, Dollard was fouled shooting a three at 2.1 seconds but missed the first freebie. After making the second, she intentionally missed the third, looking for an offensive rebound, but Miller completed the double-double by hauling in her 10th rebound at 0.7 seconds and, following a timeout, Saint Michael's inbounded in the front court and ran out the clock.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Southern Connecticut State University, 1:30 p.m.