RINDGE, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team lost to Franklin Pierce University, 66-40, on Wednesday evening in the FPU Fieldhouse. The Northeast-10 Conference foes were both ranked in this week's D2SIDA East Region Media Poll, with the Ravens seventh and the Purple Knights eighth.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (6-4, 2-3 NE10), Franklin Pierce (5-3, 3-2 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Sophomore CJ Crews (Tampa, Fla./Bayshore Christian School), 11 points, 2 assists, 2 steals, 6-for-6 free throws
- Junior Joël Kabimba (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo/Middleburg Academy/Bryant), 9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists
- First-year Alan Brzezinski (Örebro, Sweden/Western Reserve Academy), 7 points, 3 steals, 4-for-4 free throws
- Sophomore Jacob Duniver (Fredericksburg, Va./Woodstock Academy), 4 points, 8 rebounds
- First-year Darrel Yepdo (Dracut, Mass./Brooks School), 4 points, 2 steals
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Senior Brandon Kolek, 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 4-for-10 three-pointers
- Junior Sean Bresnan, 14 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists
- Junior Antonio Chandler, 11 points, 6 rebounds, 5-for-6 field goals
THE ACTION
- The teams exchanged seven leads in the opening half, with Kabimba, junior Romar Reid (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Woodstock Academy/Manhattan) and Duniver all hitting go-ahead hoops. Duniver's three-pointer from the right wing gave Saint Michael's a 15-14 edge at 9:28.
- The Ravens ended the half on a 20-2 run, with six players scoring, including as Kolek buried three triples.
- Kabimba snagged an offensive board before stepping out for a three that brought Saint Michael's within 36-23 at 17:22 of the second half, the first of three 13-point deficits in 3:10, but Kolek hit a three with 13:54 to go, and the Ravens never again led by fewer than 12 points.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Saturday at Bloomfield (N.J.) College, 2 p.m.
