COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team kicked off Northeast 10 Conference play with an 88-69 loss to Saint Anselm College on Wednesday evening in the Ross Sports Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-4, 0-1 NE10), Saint Anselm (6-1, 1-0 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Redshirt first-year Kalvin Catchings (Randolph, Maine/Bridgton Academy/Coker), 14 points, 4-for-7 three-pointers
• Senior Nolan Marold (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Brewster Academy/Loyola Chicago), 12 points, 2 blocks, 2 steals, 4-for-7 field goals, 4-for-4 free throws
• Sophomore Raph Dumont (Quebec City, Quebec/Vanier College/Arkansas-Pine Bluff), 11 points, 4-for-8 field goals
• Sophomore Abdur-Rahman De Leon (Roxbury, Mass./Saint Thomas More School), 8 points, 4-for-7 field goals
• Sophomore Greg Kenney (Williston Park, N.Y./The Frederick Gunn School/LIU), 5 rebounds, 3 steals
• First-year Quintin Floyd (Windsor, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall), 5 assists

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Edward Onyia, 20 points, 13 rebounds
• Sophomore Will Davies, 9 points, 12 assists
• Junior Jack Medalie, 17 points, 6 rebounds
• First-year Hayden Johns, 14 points
• Redshirt sophomore Jovan Ristic, 11 points

THE ACTION

• Marold's lay-up 53 seconds into the game gave Saint Michael's the first lead, as the visitors led by as much as 19-9 on Catchings' three-pointer at 11:03 and never trailed until 13:16 remained in the second half.
• The teams traded the lead six times in a 2:03 span around the middle portion of the final period, and De Leon's bucket had Saint Michael's up 59-55 with 10:44 left.
• Saint Anselm countered with a 14-2 run, going ahead 69-61 on Onyia's triple at 6:38.
• Redshirt first-year Mac Kelly's (Mineola, N.Y./Hun School of Princeton/Colorado Christian) three-point play with 5:32 left had the Purple Knights within 71-66, but the visitors ended the game on a 17-3 run, bolstered by 63.9% second-half shooting after a 31.4% performance in the opening 20 minutes.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Bentley University, 2 p.m.