COLCHESTER, Vt. - Senior Alan Brzezinski (Örebro, Sweden/Western Reserve Academy) hit tying and go-ahead free throws with 10.3 seconds remaining before pulling the clinching rebound in the Saint Michael's College men's basketball team's 57-56 victory over Queens (N.Y.) College on Tuesday evening in the Ross Sports Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-6), Queens (2-6)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Alan Brzezinski (Örebro, Sweden/Western Reserve Academy), 16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, 6-for-6 free throws
• Senior CJ Crews (Tampa, Fla./Bayshore Christian School), 13 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals
• Junior Nolan Marold (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Brewster Academy/Loyola Chicago), 8 points, 9 rebounds, 3-for-6 field goals
• First-year Abdur-Rahman De Leon (Roxbury, Mass./Saint Thomas More School), 7 points, 4 offensive rebounds
• Redshirt first-year Marcus Meeks (Prairie Village, Kan./Brewster Academy), 6 points, 11 rebounds, 3-for-6 field goals
• Sophomore Sebastian Andersson (Stockholm, Sweden/Korrespondensgymnasiet/Eastern Washington), 5 rebounds, 4 offensive rebounds, 3 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Nasan Ayala, 16 points, 4 steals
• Senior Damiri Lindo, 9 points
• Senior Jade Tse, 7 points, 5 assists, 4 steals
• Junior Omari Byrd, 10 rebounds, 2 blocks

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights improved to 6-3 in the all-time series, winning their fourth in a row. This was the sixth meeting decided by single digits.
• Saint Michael's held a 51-35 rebounding advantage, including 19-6 on the offensive glass, leading to a 16-2 lead in second-chance points.
• Crews pushed his career point to 979.

THE ACTION

• Byrd's pair of free throws at 16:30 of the first half capped a 5-0 run that gave Queens a 10-6 edge before consecutive buckets by Andersson concluded a 7-1 response that put the Purple Knights ahead 13-11 by 13:34.
• After three ensuing ties, Ayala scored five points in a 7-0 stretch that provided the visiting Knights a 25-18 lead by 7:05.
• Brzezinski netted five points in a 7-0 run that later tied the teams at 27 with 3:21 to go, and the stretch extended to 16-3 by bridging halftime. Crews' pair of freebies at 17:55 made it 36-30, and Marold's basket increased the lead to 44-36 with 10:52 to go.
• Queens put together a 12-2 run to forge ahead 52-48 on Ayala's lay-up at 2:21, and the visitors still led 54-51 on Tse's jumper at 1:38.
• After Brzezinski buried a tying three at 58.9 seconds, Lindo drove for a go-ahead lay-in at 46.6 seconds.
• Crews connected on a freebie at 25.0 ticks to draw his team within one, and Queens missed the front end of an ensuing one-and-one before Brzezinski was fouled with 10.3 seconds to go. The senior knocked down both free throws to swing the lead back in his team's favor.
• The visiting Knights had a final chance to go back in front, but a driving lay-up was offline just before the buzzer, and Brzezinski corralled the rebound to secure the victory.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at No. 14 Pace University, 3:30 p.m.
• The Setters' national ranking is according to the D2 CSC.