MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team lost to Saint Anselm College, 81-57, on Wednesday evening during Northeast-10 Conference action in Stoutenburgh Gymnasium. The Purple Knights received votes toward this week's D2 CSC East Region poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-5, 0-3 NE10), Saint Anselm (2-2, 1-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Alan Brzezinski (Örebro, Sweden/Western Reserve Academy), 21 points, 5 rebounds, 8-for-11 field goals, 4-for-7 three-pointers
• Redshirt first-year Marcus Meeks (Prairie Village, Kan./Brewster Academy), 9 points, 5 rebounds, 4-for-6 field goals
• Junior Nolan Marold (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Brewster Academy/Loyola Chicago), 8 points, 8 rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds, 3 blocks, 6-for-6 free throws
• Senior CJ Crews (Tampa, Fla./Bayshore Christian School), 5 assists
• First-year Rico Byrd (East Moline, Ill./The Kiski School), 4 assists
• Senior Jacob Duniver (Fredericksburg, Va./Woodstock Academy), 8 rebounds
• Sophomore TJ Henaghen (Hamden, Maine/Williston Northampton School), 6 rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Erik Oliver-Bush, 22 points, 4 assists
• Junior Josh Morissette, 15 points, 3-for-7 three-pointers
• Senior Sean McCarthy, 14 points, 10 rebounds, 6-for-10 field goals
• Senior Jadon Archer, 14 points
• Junior Juju Ramirez, 10 points, 7 rebounds

THE ACTION

• Brzezinski hit a pair of go-ahead three-pointers in the opening 3:10 of the game as the teams exchanged four early leads. Marold's pair of free throws had them tied at 8-all by 15:24 of the first half.
• Three players scored as Saint Anselm netted the next seven points before Brzezinski (5) and Meeks (4) did all of their team's scoring in a tying 9-4 run that Meeks capped on a basket at 8:25 (21-21).
• Five Hawks scored during a 13-2 response, but the Purple Knights cut their deficit to six in the early portion of the second half on three occasions, including as Brzezinski knocked down a jumper at 12:37 (48-42).
• However, Morissette hit three free throws nine seconds later, and Saint Michael's never again trailed by fewer than seven points.
• Brzezinski's driving lay-up made it 55-46 at 10:38 before Saint Anselm's 12-3 run in a matter of 2:43 had the hosts up 67-49 by 6:36.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Roberts Wesleyan University, 3 p.m.