WALTHAM, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team lost to Bentley University, 80-69, on Wednesday evening during a Northeast-10 Conference affair in the Dana Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-12, 0-8 NE10), Bentley (7-6, 4-3 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior CJ Crews (Tampa, Fla./Bayshore Christian School), 24 points, 8 rebounds, 8-for-17 field goals, 5-for-9 three-pointers
• First-year Rico Byrd (East Moline, Ill./The Kiski School), 11 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists
• Senior Jacob Duniver (Fredericksburg, Va./Woodstock Academy), 11 points, 3 three-pointers
• Sophomore Sebastian Andersson (Stockholm, Sweden/Korrespondensgymnasiet/Eastern Washington), 8 points, 5 rebounds, 4 offensive rebounds, 4-for-4 field goals
• Redshirt first-year Greg Kenney (Williston Park, N.Y./The Frederick Gunn School/LIU), 8 points, 6-of-6 free throws
• Junior Nolan Marold (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Brewster Academy/Loyola Chicago), 7 points, 7 rebounds, 3-for-4 field goals

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Cooper Farrall, 26 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 11-for-15 field goals, 4-for-5 three-pointers
• Junior Cash McClure, 25 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 10-for-20 field goals, 3-for-8 three-pointers
• Graduate student Aaron Latham, 12 points, 3 assists, 3 steals

THE ACTION

• In a contest that saw the lead change hands 14 times, the teams swapped eight leads by the time 9:45 remained in the first half when Farrall buried a three-pointer to give Bentley a 19-18 edge. To that point, Farrall accounted for all of his team's scoring. Similarly, Crews scored 19 of his team's 35 first-half points.
• Farrall's triple sparked a 14-2 run that made it 30-20 by 4:07 before the Purple Knights countered with an 18-7 stretch that carried into the second half. Duniver netted eight points and Crews six, as the former's trey 43 seconds into the final stanza gave his team a 38-37 edge.
• Six lead swings occurred in the opening 9:55 of the period, during which time neither squad led by more than four points. After Kenney's pair of freebies gave Saint Michael's a 51-50 edge at 11:52, McClure buried a three with 10:05 to go, kicking off a 7-0 push that provided Bentley a six-point lead.
• Andersson's lay-in had the visitors down 61-58 at 5:00 before Latham hit a three 19 seconds later, but the Purple Knights twice drew within four points prior to Farrall knocking down a three at 2:54. Latham's jumper at 2:07 extended the lead to nine, and the Falcons continued to lead by at least two possessions from there.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Franklin Pierce University, 3:30 p.m.