COLCHESTER, Vt. - A 16-0 second-half run pushed the Saint Michael's College men's basketball team in front to stay during a 78-71 victory over Southern New Hampshire University on Tuesday evening in the Ross Sports Center. The Northeast 10 Conference foes met for a non-league affair.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-3), Southern New Hampshire (3-2)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Quintin Floyd (Windsor, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall), 17 points, 2 steals, 7-for-13 field goals, 3-for-7 three-pointers
• Junior Latiek Briscoe Jr. (Brooklyn, N.Y./Saint Francis Prep/Saint Edward's), 17 points
• Senior Zocko Littleton (Albany, Ga./Osborne/Rider), 9 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks
• Senior Nolan Marold (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Brewster Academy/Loyola Chicago), 7 points, 2 steals, 2 blocks
• Sophomore Abdur-Rahman De Leon (Roxbury, Mass./Saint Thomas More School), 7 points
• Sophomore Greg Kenney (Williston Park, N.Y./The Frederick Gunn School/LIU), 6 rebounds
• First-year John Kelley (Plaistow, N.H./Kimball Union Academy), 3 offensive rebounds

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore JoJo Wallace, 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals
• Junior Jacari Sanders, 15 points, 4 steals, 6-for-12 field goals
• Senior T.J. Morris, 13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists
• Senior Ugo Nwachukwu, 11 points, 7 rebounds

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights held the Penmen to a 3-for-13 three-point effort (23.1%) while connecting on 18-of-23 free throw tries (78.3%), outscoring the visitors 18-10 on freebies.
• All 10 Purple Knights who played scored, accounting for a 24-5 lead in bench points.

THE ACTION

• Neither team held a lead of more than two possessions until Floyd converted a fastbreak lay-up at 4:12 of the first half (34-27), and Kenney's driving lay-up on the other side of a media timeout made it 36-27 with 3:18 to go. The Purple Knights led 38-31 at halftime.
• Three Penmen scored during a 7-0 run that provided the visitors with a 48-46 edge at 12:40 of the second frame, and Southern New Hampshire was up 52-49 on Wallace's basket at 11:46.
• Saint Michael's responded with the next 16 points over a 2:50 span thanks to scoring from four players. De Leon and redshirt first-year Mac Kelly (Mineola, N.Y./Hun School of Princeton/Colorado Christian) both scored five points, with De Leon netting the final five to give his team a 65-52 lead with 8:40 left.
• Wallace later scored six points in a 9-2 run that brought the Penmen within 69-65 at 2:35, and redshirt junior Jack Hall's triple made it 71-68 with 1:51 left.
• With his team still up just three, Floyd buried a three-pointer at 52.2 seconds that doubled the lead before picking up a steal near center court on the next possession. De Leon converted a pair of free throws at 39 seconds, and the Purple Knights never again led by fewer than six points.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday vs. Saint Anselm College, 7:30 p.m.
• The Purple Knights open NE10 play that night.