RIVERDALE, N.Y. - First-year Quintin Floyd's (Windsor, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall) go-ahead three-point play with two seconds left lifted the Saint Michael's College men's basketball team over Bowie State (Md.) University, 65-63, on Saturday as part of the Harlem Renaissance Classic at Manhattan University's Draddy Gymnasium. Floyd was named Player of the Game following the win, which sophomore Greg Kenney (Williston Park, N.Y./The Frederick Gunn School/LIU) sealed with a block of the Bulldogs' last-second shot.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-3), Bowie State (0-5)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Floyd, 15 points, 2 assists, 5-for-11 field goals, 2-for-5 three-pointers
• Sophomore Abdur-Rahman De Leon (Roxbury, Mass./Saint Thomas More School), 15 points, 5-for-7 field goals, 2-for-3 three-pointers
• Kenney, 10 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 4-for-7 field goals
• Senior Nolan Marold (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Brewster Academy/Loyola Chicago), 8 points, 3-for-4 field goals

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Justin Morrisey, 21 points, 5 rebounds, 7-for-14 field goals, 3-for-5 three-pointers, 4-for-4 free throws
• Junior Jaiden McGhee, 20 points, 6 rebounds, 8-for-13 field goals, 2-for-3 three-pointers
• First-year Charles Thomas III, 11 points

GAME FACTS

• The teams met for the first time.

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights twice led by five points during the opening 8:06 before sophomore Raph Dumont's (Quebec City, Quebec/Vanier College/Arkansas-Pine Bluff) three-pointer extended the lead to 22-15 at 9:07.
• Morrisey netted eight points in a 15-4 response, and he and Floyd exchanged three-pointers in the final 42 seconds. Bowie State led 35-33 at halftime.
• After the lead changed hands four times in the first 2:06 of the second half, the Bulldogs built three six-point leads before going ahead 56-49 on McGhee's lay-up with 7:49 to go.
• Still down seven with less than six minutes remaining, Saint Michael's finished the game on a 14-5 run. De Leon's triples had his team within 59-56 at 5:07 and 61-59 with 3:55 left before Kenney converted a three-point play at 1:04 that created a 63-62 margin.
• The Bulldogs missed twice on their next possession, and the Purple Knights gained possession with 12 seconds remaining. At two seconds, Floyd put home the go-ahead lay-up and hit his free throw to finish the three-point play. Kenney blocked Bowie State's last-second shot to secure the win.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday vs. Southern New Hampshire University, 7 p.m.
• The Northeast 10 Conference foes square off for a non-league affair.