FLUSHING, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team knocked off Queens (N.Y.) College, 94-90, on Saturday in South Gym. The Purple Knights received votes toward the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) national poll and were fourth in the most recent D2CSC East Region rankings.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (9-2), Queens (6-7)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Darrel Yepdo (Dracut, Mass./Brooks School), 23 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 6-for-13 field goals, 3-for-6 three-pointers, 8-for-10 free throws
• Senior Romar Reid (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Woodstock Academy/Manhattan), 15 points, 4 assists, 5-for-9 field goals, 2-for-2 three-pointers
• Sophomore Nolan Marold (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Brewster Academy/Loyola Chicago), 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 5-for-9 field goals
• Junior Jhamyl Fricas (Lawrence, Mass./Worcester Academy/Connors State), 13 points, 5-for-10 field goals
• Sophomore Alan Brzezinski (Örebro, Sweden/Western Reserve Academy), 12 points, 8 rebounds, 5-for-8 field goals
• Junior CJ Crews (Tampa, Fla./Bayshore Christian School), 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 3-for-5 three-pointers
• Junior Jacob Duniver (Fredericksburg, Va./Woodstock Academy), 6 rebounds

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Sunnie Diamond, 26 points, 5 assists, 5-for-6 three-pointers
• Junior Zyeir Lawrence, 19 points, 7 rebounds
• Junior Shamar Chester, 17 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists
• Senior Malik Bentinck, 16 points, 10 rebounds, 5 offensive rebounds

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights committed only eight turnovers while forcing the Knights into 17, which they parlayed into a 22-6 scoring lead off of giveaways.
• The teams played through 13 lead changes and eight ties.
• Saint Michael's improved to 5-3 in the all-time series while earning a ninth win in a season before Jan. 1 for the first time since 2013-14.
• Four of the Purple and Gold's wins have come by four points or fewer.

THE ACTION

• Queens netted the game's first two hoops on three-pointers by 18:48 of the opening stanza, but the six-point lead was the largest by either squad until the Purple Knights finished off a 13-2 run to nab a 34-24 advantage with 7:09 left. Marold scored six points in that time.
• The hosts wiped out their deficit thanks to tying 11-2 run, as junior Jayden Seraphin's fastbreak hoop tied the teams at 38 with 4:12 left. The visitors took a 48-47 lead into halftime.
• Chester's jumper at 17:27 of the second period capped a 12-0 run (56-48), and Lawrence's three-pointer at 15:30 gave Queens a 63-50 lead.
• The Knights were still ahead 82-74 with less than seven minutes left before Saint Michael's netted nine of the next 10 points, tying the game on Marold's freebie at 3:37. Reid knocked down two free throws to put his team up 85-84 at 2:21, the first of five lead swings in a matter of 65 seconds, as a Reid lay-in capped that stretch and provided his team an 89-88 edge.
• Following a Queens miss at 52 seconds, Yepdo picked up the rebound before burying a jumper at 25 seconds. Marold came up with a steal on the next Knight possession, and Yepdo's two freebies with 15 ticks remaining made it 93-88, all but sealing the win.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday vs. University of New Haven, 7:30 p.m.