ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team won for the fifth time in six games by capturing a 85-78 victory over Molloy University on Wednesday afternoon in Bob Houlihan Gymnasium.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-5), Molloy (1-12)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Nolan Marold (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Brewster Academy/Loyola Chicago), 12 points, 13 rebounds (7 offensive), 6-for-6 free throws
• Junior Latiek Briscoe Jr. (Brooklyn, N.Y./Saint Francis Prep/Saint Edward's), 18 points, 4 rebounds, 6-for-13 field goals, 4-for-7 three-pointers
• Sophomore Raph Dumont (Quebec City, Quebec/Vanier College/Arkansas-Pine Bluff), 16 points, 5-for-11 field goals, 5-for-5 free throws
• Senior Zocko Littleton (Albany, Ga./Osborne/Rider), 9 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists
• First-year Quintin Floyd (Windsor, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall), 9 points, 5 assists
• Sophomore Greg Kenney (Williston Park, N.Y./The Frederick Gunn School/LIU), 6 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals
• Sophomore Abdur-Rahman De Leon (Roxbury, Mass./Saint Thomas More School), 7 points
• Junior TJ Henaghen (Hampden, Maine/Williston Northampton School), 5 points, 4 rebounds in 8 minutes

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Bryce Merchant, 25 points, 9 rebounds, 8-for-17 field goals, 6-for-6 free throws
• First-year Chase Timberlake, 20 points, 13 rebounds, 4-for-7 three-pointers
• Junior Chris Stokel, 17 points, 7-for-8 free throws

GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's set a school record for most free throw attempts without a miss, finishing 21-for-21, including 15-for-15 in the second half.
• The Purple Knights moved to 8-1 in the all-time series, with eight of the nine meetings decided by single digits.
• The Purple and Gold handed out 16 assists while committing only nine turnovers.

THE ACTION

• Neither team led by more than five points until Floyd converted a three-point play with 48 seconds left in the opening half (38-32), but the Lions tied the game by halftime, as Timberlake buried a pair of three-pointers, including on a buzzer beater. The teams combined for eight lead changes and seven ties in the opening stanza.
• The Purple Knights twice led by five points early in the second half, including 45-40 on Marold's pair of free throws at 17:32, before Merchant capped a 13-5 run with a triple that swung Molloy into the lead (53-50) by 13:57.
• Saint Michael's later put together an 11-0 run to take the lead for good, as Dumont scored the first five points. Fellow reserves De Leon (10:13) and Henaghen (9:44) buried threes 29 seconds apart to push the margin to 63-55.
• After Timberlake's triple cut the deficit to 71-70 with 4:33 left, Briscoe and Littleton canned treys of their own 36 seconds apart to make it a seven-point game by 3:32. Kenney's dunk with 55 seconds remaining created a game-high 81-72 margin.
• Merchant and Stokel wrapped buckets around a turnover, drawing Molloy within 81-76 at 36 seconds, and the hosts had a chance to cut the deficit to a single possession but missed a shot at 11 ticks, and Kenney snagged a board before hitting a pair of key free throws.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday vs. Assumption University, 3:30 p.m.