PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team defeated Holy Family University, 72-54, in their first meeting on Saturday at the Holy Family Campus Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-4), Holy Family (4-5)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Zocko Littleton (Albany, Ga./Osborne/Rider), 14 points, 3-for-4 three-pointers
• Sophomore Greg Kenney (Williston Park, N.Y./The Frederick Gunn School/LIU), 13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 4-for-8 field goals
• Sophomore Abdur-Rahman De Leon (Roxbury, Mass./Saint Thomas More School), 12 points, 4-for-6 field goals
• First-year Quintin Floyd (Windsor, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall), 9 points, 7 assists, 2 steals
• Junior Latiek Briscoe Jr. (Brooklyn, N.Y./Saint Francis Prep/Saint Edward's), 9 points, 6 rebounds, 5-for-6 free throws
• Sophomore Raph Dumont (Quebec City, Quebec/Vanier College/Arkansas-Pine Bluff), 9 points, 6 rebounds
• First-year John Kelley (Plaistow, N.H./Kimball Union Academy), 6 rebounds

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Raphael Dupouy, 22 points, 13 rebounds, 7-for-14 field goals
• Junior Elijah Hernandez, 12 points, 4-for-10 three-pointers
• First-year Matt Gardler, 10 assists

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights won their fourth game in five tries, while the Tigers dropped their fifth in six outings.
• Saint Michael's held a 46-36 rebounding lead while assisting 15 of its 22 baskets.
• The Purple and Gold held Holy Family to 30.5% shooting, including 4-of-23 (17.4%) from three.

THE ACTION

• Littleton buried a three-pointer 51 seconds into the game to give the Purple Knights the lead for good, with the advantage swelling to 14-2 by 15:19 of the first half on Littleton's four-point play. At that point, Littleton had nine points and dished off on a Floyd three-pointer.
• Saint Michael's led by as much as 39-17 in the first stanza on Kenney's triple with 1:52 to go before taking a 17-point lead into halftime.
• Littleton's trey at 17:35 of the second half made it 44-22 before sophomore CJ Mundell's lay-in cut the deficit to 54-46 with 7:53 left.
• Littleton responded with a jumper at 6:33 (56-46), and the visitors never again led by fewer than nine points.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Monday vs. Franklin Pierce University, 6 p.m.