DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. - Junior Romar Reid (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Woodstock Academy/Manhattan) played a hand in 11 points during a game-ending 13-4 run, including scoring the go-ahead hoop, as the Saint Michael's College men's basketball team rallied past Mercy College, 66-58, on Saturday in the Judge Student Athlete Center.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-5), Mercy (2-9)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Reid, 11 points, 4 assists, 3-for-6 field goals, 4-for-5 free throws
• Junior Kasai Brown (Brooklyn, N.Y./Millbrook School), 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, 6-for-10 field goals, 3-for-5 three-pointers
• Sophomore Nahshon Battle (Scotch Plains, N.J./Woodstock Academy), 11 points, 4 rebounds, 4-for-6 field goals, 2-for-3 three-pointers
• Sophomore CJ Crews (Tampa, Fla./Bayshore Christian School), 8 points, 4 assists
• Junior Joël Kabimba (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo/Middleburg Academy/Bryant), 6 points
• Sophomore Jacob Duniver (Fredericksburg, Va./Woodstock Academy), 6 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists
• First-year Alan Brzezinski (Örebro, Sweden/Western Reserve Academy), 5 rebounds, 2 assists

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Sean Smith Jr., 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists
• Junior Braelon Joe, 11 points, 5 assists
• Junior Jayden Dewaal, 10 points, 12 rebounds, 7 offensive rebounds

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights committed only nine turnovers while forcing 17 by Mercy.
• Nine of the Purple and Gold's 12 contests have been determined by eight points or fewer.
• The Purple Knights received a vote toward this week's D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.
• Saint Michael's improved to 3-2 in the all-time series, with the teams meeting at Mercy for the first time.

THE ACTION

• Dunks by Kabimba and Brown highlighted an opening stretch that saw the Purple Knights lead 13-3 by the time Crews hit a three-pointer at 13:39 of the first stanza.
• Mercy wiped out a 21-12 deficit with a 10-0 run, as Smith netted five of the points, and Joe's triple at 5:32 gave his team the lead.
• The visitors responded with a 10-2 run, keyed by five straight Brown points, to make it 31-24 by 2:30. The Purple and Gold led 34-26 at halftime thanks in large part to Brown's 11 points.
• Four points from Kabimba and a free throw by Brown at 18:30 gave Saint Michael's a 13-point lead early in the second stanza.
• Five Mavericks scored as the hosts scored the next nine points, with senior Garrett Kirkland's three-pointer creating a 39-35 margin by 14:04.
• Saint Michael's twice pushed its lead back to nine, but Mercy pulled in front on the strength of a late 8-0 run, with Smith scoring the first five points before Kirkland hit the go-ahead triple at 3:30 (54-53).
• Reid countered with a baseline runner at the other end 23 seconds later and knocked down a key triple with 2:36 to go, giving the visitors a 58-54 edge. After Brown and Smith traded baskets, Reid fed Brown for a dunk with 50 seconds to go and hit a pair of freebies at both 27.4 and 12.8 ticks to ice the win.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Monday at Queens (N.Y.) College, 6 p.m.