COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team lost to Southern New Hampshire University, 64-56, on Saturday during Northeast-10 Conference play in the Ross Sports Center. The Purple Knights received a vote toward this week's D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (8-8, 2-6 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (8-6, 5-3 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Dario Milojevic (Windsor, Ontario/Herman School/Mississippi Valley State), 7 rebounds, 6 offensive rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals, 11 minutes
• Junior Kasai Brown (Brooklyn, N.Y./Millbrook School), 11 points, 3 rebounds
• Sophomore CJ Crews (Tampa, Fla./Bayshore Christian School), 10 points
• Junior Joël Kabimba (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo/Middleburg Academy/Bryant), 9 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals
• Junior Romar Reid (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Woodstock Academy/Manhattan), 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals
• Sophomore Nic Button (Skaneateles, N.Y./Cheshire Academy), 6 points, 2-for-3 three-pointers
• Sophomore Jacob Duniver (Fredericksburg, Va./Woodstock Academy), 5 points, 5 rebounds
• First-year Darrel Yepdo (Dracut, Mass./Brooks School), 5 points, 5-for-5 free throws

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Evan Guillory, 13 points, 8 rebounds
• Junior Noah Kamba, 11 points, 5-for-9 field goals
• Sophomore Ethan Okwuosa, 10 points, 7 rebounds
• Junior Matt Becht, 9 points, 5 assists, 2-for-4 three-pointers, 3-for-3 free throws

GAME FACTS

• The teams played through 11 ties.

THE ACTION

• Kabimba netted the game's first two buckets before Southern New Hampshire responded with a 14-2 run, with Guillory scoring six points in that time, and the visitors led by eight (14-6) at 13:21 of the opening half.
• Five straight Duniver points sparked a 10-2 response, which featured three Yepdo free throws and a tying dunk by Brown. The teams were deadlocked at 16 with 9:27 left.
• Okwuosa scored the next five points, and the Penmen led 26-18 by 7:29.
• Another Brown dunk and four points from Milojevic keyed a late 8-0 run that forced a 29-all tie with 31 seconds left, but Guillory's free throw at 15 seconds gave the visitors a 30-29 halftime lead.
• Back-to-back three-pointers from Brown and Crews pushed Saint Michael's into a 35-32 advantage by 16:12 of the second half, and five straight Crews points later broke another tie and made it 40-35 at 13:51.
• Between 12:47 and 6:07, neither team led by more than two points, as five ties occurred. Kamba's jumper with 6:06 left had Southern New Hampshire up 52-48, but Button hit a three 29 seconds later.
• After graduate student Ryan Layman's dunk-and-one gave the Penmen a 58-53 lead with 2:30 left, a Saint Michael's offensive foul led to Layman following with a basket that pushed the lead to seven at 1:48.
• The Purple and Gold never again came closer than six, when Kabimba hit a three at 42 ticks (62-56).

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday at Southern Connecticut State University, 3 p.m.
• The Owls are eighth in this week's D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.