MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team lost to Saint Anselm College, 85-78 in overtime, on Wednesday in Stoutenburgh Gymnasium. The Northeast 10 Conference foes squared off in a non-league game.
 
RECORDS

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

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Raph Dumont (Quebec City, Quebec/Vanier College/Arkansas-Pine Bluff), 17 points, 7-for-13 field goals, 3-for-6 three-pointers
• Sophomore Greg Kenney (Williston Park, N.Y./The Frederick Gunn School/LIU), 14 points, 9 rebounds (5 offensive), 4 steals, 4-for-4 free throws
• First-year Quintin Floyd (Windsor, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall), 14 points, 6 rebounds (3 offensive), 3 assists, 2 steals, 6-for-12 field goals
• Junior Latiek Briscoe Jr. (Brooklyn, N.Y./Saint Francis Prep/Saint Edward's), 10 points, 4-for-7 field goals, 2-for-2 three-pointers
• Senior Nolan Marold (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Brewster Academy/Loyola Chicago), 6 rebounds, 4 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Redshirt sophomore Jovan Ristic, 17 points
• First-year Edward Onyia, 13 points, 8 rebounds, 6-for-6 free throws
• Senior Josh Morissette, 13 points
• Junior Jack Medalie, 11 points
• Sophomore Will Davies, 10 assists

GAME FACTS

• The teams played an overtime game in Stoutenburgh Gymnasium for the first time since Jan. 19, 1994.
• All 10 Purple Knights who played scored by halftime.
• Saint Michael's force 16 turnovers while committing only seven.
• The game featured 18 lead changes and 12 ties, as neither team led by more than six points until the final margin.

THE ACTION

• Floyd's fastbreak lay-up from sophomore Abdur-Rahman De Leon's (Roxbury, Mass./Saint Thomas More School) steal and assist gave Saint Michael's a 22-17 lead at 9:53 of the first half, its largest of the stanza.
• Ristic capped a 10-2 run with a breakout bucket of his own at 3:07 to provide the Hawks a 32-27 lead, his team's biggest of the half, before the teams went into halftime tied at 36.
• Morissette's three-pointer made it 47-41 at 15:06 of the second period, but the Purple Knights countered to lead by four points on four occasions in the final 4:06 of regulation. Kenney's triple had his team up 69-65 with 1:18 to go.
• Davies netted a lay-up just 21 seconds later before Medalie blocked consecutive shots on the next Saint Michael's possession, and Onyia's lay-up at 15 seconds tied the game. The Purple Knights' go-ahead three-point attempt just before the buzzer was offline, and the teams went to overtime.
• Neither team led by more than three points in the first four and a half minutes of the extra session, while Dumont's lay-in at 2:04 had his team within 79-78.
• Davies responded with a floater 21 seconds later, and the Hawks forced three missed shots down the stretch while going 4-for-4 on free throws in the final 21 seconds.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday against Bowie State University at Manhattan University, 1 p.m.
• The contest will be part of the Harlem Renaissance Classic.