COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College knocked off Franklin Pierce University, 74-62, on Tuesday evening during Northeast-10 Conference play in the Ross Sports Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-1, 2-0 NE10), Franklin Pierce (1-3, 0-2 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Romar Reid (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Woodstock Academy/Manhattan), 20 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 6-for-10 field goals, 7-for-9 free throws
• Junior Jhamyl Fricas (Lawrence, Mass./Worcester Academy/Connors State), 14 points, 6 rebounds, 6-for-11 field goals, 2-for-4 three-pointers
• Sophomore Darrel Yepdo (Dracut, Mass./Brooks School), 13 points, 5-for-11 field goals, 3-for-5 three-pointers
• Sophomore Nolan Marold (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Brewster Academy/Loyola Chicago), 11 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, 5-for-6 field goals
• Junior Jacob Duniver (Fredericksburg, Va./Woodstock Academy), 9 points, 2 steals, 3-for-7 three-pointers
• Sophomore Alan Brzezinski (Örebro, Sweden/Western Reserve Academy), 11 rebounds, 5 assists

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Sean Trumper, 25 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals, 7-for-14 field goals, 10-for-12 free throws
• Sophomore Andrew Politi, 9 points
• Sophomore Ugo Nwachukwu, 7 points, 5 rebounds

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights picked up their first win over the Ravens since Feb. 4, 2015.
• Saint Michael's held a 42-39 rebounding advantage while outshooting Franklin Pierce, 46.6%-32.2%, from the floor. The hosts held the visitors to 5-for-21 (23.8%) three-point shooting.

THE ACTION

• Marold's lay-in 46 seconds into the contest gave the Purple Knights the lead for good, and Duniver later drained a three to make it 14-6 by 13:25.
• The visitors twice rallied within five points, including 17-12 on sophomore Rufus Rusholme-Cobb's jumper at 11:09.
• Another Duniver trey pushed the lead to 25-14 with 8:41 left, and the hosts led by as much as 14 (36-22) in the opening half on Fricas' jumper with 4:34 to go.
• Politi knocked down consecutive threes to cap an 8-0 run that brought the Ravens within six by 1:09, but Reid hit a jumper at 41 seconds before Marold converted a three-point play 23 seconds into the second half. The Purple Knights held a 41-30 lead by that point and never again led by fewer than nine points.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Nov. 29 at Southern New Hampshire University, 7:30 p.m.
• The Penmen were 10th in the latest D2CSC East Region poll.