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64
Winner Saint Michael's College STM 8-5
53
Queens College QUE 4-8
Winner
Saint Michael's College STM
8-5
64
Final
53
Queens College QUE
4-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Saint Michael's College STM 27 37 64
Queens College QUE 26 27 53

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's Basketball Rallies From Charity Stripe in 64-53 Victory Over Queens

FLUSHING, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team knocked down 21 second-half free throws in 23 tries to rally past Queens (N.Y.) College, 64-53, on Monday evening in Fitzgerald Gymnasium.

RECORDS

  • Saint Michael's (8-5), Queens (4-8)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

  • Junior Romar Reid (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Woodstock Academy/Manhattan), 17 points, 4 rebounds, 6-for-10 field goals
  • Junior Kasai Brown (Brooklyn, N.Y./Millbrook School), 15 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals, 11-for-11 free throws
  • Junior Joël Kabimba (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo/Middleburg Academy/Bryant), 12 points, 9 rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds, 4-for-8 field goals
  • First-year Alan Brzezinski (Örebro, Sweden/Western Reserve Academy), 12 points, 2-for-4 field goals, 8-for-8 free throws
  • Sophomore Nahshon Battle (Scotch Plains, N.J./Woodstock Academy), 5 rebounds
  • Senior Dario Milojevic (Windsor, Ontario/Herman Academy/Mississippi Valley State), 4 rebounds

OPPONENT LEADERS

  • Junior Dion Herrington, 11 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists
  • Sophomore Elijah Blackman, 11 points
  • Sophomore Jayden Seraphin, 10 points, 7 rebounds

GAME FACTS

  • The Purple and Gold shot 47.1% (8-for-17) in the second half, scoring the majority of its points on free throws, going 21-for-23 (91.3%). For the game, the visitors went 31-for-36 on freebies, making at least 30 free throws for the second time this season.
  • The Purple Knights outscored the Knights, 31-13, from the charity stripe.
  • While Queens (14) committed one turnover less than Saint Michael's (15), the Purple and Gold held a key 16-8 lead in points off of giveaways.
  • Saint Michael's improved to 4-3 in the all-time series, winning at Queens for the first time in two trips.
  • The Purple Knights received a vote toward the lastest D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.
  • Brown became the fourth Purple Knight to ever make at least 11 free throws without a miss in one game.

THE ACTION

  • Herrington's four points led four Queens scorers as the hosts nabbed a 12-3 lead by 11:50 of the opening half.
  • Kabimba netted four points during a 9-0 run that gave Saint Michael's a 20-19 edge by 3:38, when Brown knocked down two free throws. Those freebies forced the first of four ties and five lead swings down the stretch, with the visitors taking a 27-26 lead into halftime thanks to Reid's buzzer-beating lay-up.
  • Seraphin put home a pair of baskets as the Knights started the second half on an 11-2 run, capped by Herrington's lay-in with 16:58 to go, and Queens was up 37-29.
  • Kabimba's lay-up just 2:06 later finished off a tying 8-0 run by Saint Michael's.
  • Neither team led by more than four points again until the Purple Knights used a 15-2 stretch to lead 64-49 with 5:38 left. Thirteen of the 17 points - including 10 by the Purple and Gold - came on free throws.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

  • Dec. 31 vs. Saint Anselm College, 3:30 p.m.

The Hawks were tied for fourth in the latest D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.

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