COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team lost to Franklin Pierce University, 73-62, on Wednesday evening during Northeast-10 Conference action in the Ross Sports Center. The Ravens were seventh in this week's D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (10-13, 4-11 NE10), Franklin Pierce (14-7, 9-5 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Sophomore Jacob Duniver (Fredericksburg, Va./Woodstock Academy), 15 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, 5-for-10 field goals, 3-for-8 three-pointers
- Sophomore CJ Crews (Tampa, Fla./Bayshore Christian School), 13 points, 3 steals, 4-for-8 field goals, 5-for-6 free throws
- First-year Alan Brzezinski (Örebro, Sweden/Western Reserve Academy), 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 3-for-7 three-pointers
- First-year Darrel Yepdo (Dracut, Mass./Brooks School), 9 points
- Junior Romar Reid (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Woodstock Academy/Manhattan), 5 points, 6 rebounds
- Senior Dario Milojevic (Windsor, Ontario/Herman Academy/Mississippi Valley State), 8 rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds, 2 blocks
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Junior Sean Bresnan, 18 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 8-for-14 field goals
- Sophomore Jarnel Snow-Guzman, 13 points, 4 steals
- Senior Brandon Kolek, 12 points, 5 assists
- Junior Antonio Chandler, 8 points, 12 rebounds, 7 offensive rebounds
THE ACTION
- Neither team led by more than five points until the Ravens used a 14-3 run to forge ahead by a 31-18 count at halftime.
- After the teams combined for 49 points in the opening 20 minutes, each team scored at least 42 points in the second stanza alone.
- Saint Michael's slowly chipped at its deficit, ultimately putting together a 15-4 run to rally within a single point, 44-43, when Crews knocked down a pair of free throws at 11:35. Brzezinski knocked down a trio of threes in the stretch, which Duniver highlighted with a breakaway dunk.
- Bresnan hit a triple just 23 seconds after Crews' freebies before adding a lay-in on the next possession.
- Crews made two more free throws with 8:36 to go, bringing the hosts within 49-45, and Saint Michael's was still down just 57-52 on Duniver's pair of free throws at 4:47.
- The Purple and Gold came no closer, as the Ravens scored nine of the next 11 points to take control.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Saturday vs. Assumption University, 3:30 p.m.
- The Purple Knights celebrate Senior Day that day while also playing a "This Game is No Secret" contest, part of an Eracism national initiative paying homage to John McLendon, the first African American coach to win an integrated national championship. At halftime, Todd Roberts '01 will be recognized for his induction into the NE10 Hall of Fame last summer.
