COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball lost to American International College, 59-58, on Saturday in a Northeast-10 Conference match-up in the Ross Sports Center. The Purple Knights, who were seventh in this week's D2SIDA East Region Poll, lost their second consecutive one-point affair.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (6-3, 2-2 NE10), AIC (3-5, 2-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore CJ Crews (Tampa, Fla./Bayshore Christian School), 21 points, 7-for-10 three-pointers
• Sophomore Jacob Duniver (Fredericksburg, Va./Woodstock Academy), 13 points, 8 rebounds, 5-for-10 field goals, 3-for-7 three-pointers
• Junior Romar Reid (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Woodstock Academy/Manhattan), 9 points, 6 assists
• Junior Joël Kabimba (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo/Middleburg Academy/Bryant), 7 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks
• Sophomore Chuma Oyigbo (Stoughton, Mass./Redemption Christian [N.Y.] Academy), 10 rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds
• First-year Matt Houde (Windsor Locks, Conn./Saint Thomas More School), 4 assists
• First-year Alan Brzezinski (Örebro, Sweden/Western Reserve Academy), 3 assists

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Jalen Jordan, 10 points, 7-for-14 field goals
• First-year Aguibou Balde, 10 points, 5-for-6 field goals
• First-year Justice Ellison, 10 points, 7 rebounds
• First-year Jack Hall, 9 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals
• First-year Omarion Jett-Dobbs, 7 assists

GAME FACTS

• Crews made a career-high seven three-pointers, the most by an NE10 player this winter and tied for the most by a player from the NCAA Division II East Region.
• Seven of the Purple Knights' contests have been determined by eight points or fewer, with three one-point affairs, including the last two.
• In a series that began in 1935, each of the past 25 meetings was decided by 12 points or less, with today the 20th in that stretch decided by single digits.
• Saint Michael's held a 43-25 rebounding lead, including 13-4 on the offensive glass.
• The teams exchanged 12 leads.
• All nine of the Purple and Gold's games have either occurred in the Ross Sports Center (six) or at Assumption University's Laska Gymnasium (three).

THE ACTION

• AIC twice led by four points before a 13-4 run swung the lead in the Purple Knights' favor, 24-19, by 8:26 of the opening half. Reid scored five points and dished to Brzezinski for a three-pointer, while Houde and Kabimba each assisted a bucket by the other.
• Senior Dario Milojevic's (Windsor, Ontario/Herman Academy/Mississippi Valley State) dunk with 36 seconds remaining sent the hosts into the intermission with a 38-33 edge.
• AIC came out of the locker room with 19 of the first 26 points, as consecutive baskets by Jordan had his team in front 52-45 by 10:43.
• The teams combined for only 20 points from there, with the Purple Knights limiting the Yellow Jackets to 2-for-14 shooting with two turnovers in the final 9:33. In the meantime, Crews buried three threes, including as he drew Saint Michael's within 59-58 with 41 seconds to go.
• After AIC missed at the other end with 16 ticks left, Hall forced a turnover in front of the Saint Michael's bench at three seconds, stripping the ballhandler before diving to secure the loose ball. A teammate missed an ensuing free throw, but the Purple Knights' desperation heave from midcourt at the buzzer was offline.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday at regionally-ranked Franklin Pierce University, 5:30 p.m.
• The Ravens were ninth in this week's D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.