COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team lost to regionally-ranked Saint Anselm College, 86-82, on Tuesday evening during Northeast-10 Conference action in the Ross Sports Center. The Hawks were ranked 10th in this week's D2 CSC East Region poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-18, 3-14 NE10), Saint Anselm (14-10, 9-7 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior CJ Crews (Tampa, Fla./Bayshore Christian School), 25 points, 5 rebounds, 5 three-pointers, 6-for-6 free throws
• First-year Rico Byrd (East Moline, Ill./The Kiski School), 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 7-for-10 field goals, 2-for-2 three-pointers
• Redshirt first-year Greg Kenney (Williston Park, N.Y./The Frederick Gunn School/LIU), 16 points, 7 rebounds, 4-for-8 field goals, 2-for-4 three-pointers, 6-for-6 free throws
• Junior Nolan Marold (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Brewster Academy/Loyola Chicago), 7 points, 5 rebounds, 5-for-6 free throws

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Sean McCarthy, 20 points, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks, 9-for-17 field goals
• Junior Josh Morissette, 13 points, 5-for-8 field goals
• First-year Erik Oliver-Bush, 13 points, 8 assists
• First-year Will Davies, 11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists
• Senior Zac Taylor, 11 points
• Senior Jadon Archer, 10 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 4-for-6 field goals
• Junior Juju Ramirez, 8 points, 12 rebounds

GAME FACTS

• Crews moved into 24th in program history in scoring (1,278), passing James Cambronne '15 (1,261) and Brendan Mullins '07 (1,263) during the contest.
• Saint Michael's committed only four turnovers while holding Saint Anselm to 26.3% (5-for-19) three-point shooting.

THE ACTION

• The teams exchanged seven leads in the first 4:36 of the contest, and neither squad led by more than four points until Kenney knocked down a three-pointer at 10:28 of the opening period (23-18).
• The lead slowly grew to 31-22 by 6:38, when first-year Abdur-Rahman De Leon (Roxbury, Mass./Saint Thomas More School) hit a stepback jumper.
• Four Hawks scored in a tying 9-0 response, but Kenney's lay-up at 2:46 put his team back in front, and the hosts carried a 43-36 advantage into halftime.
• Saint Michael's never trailed during the opening nearly 10 minutes of the second half while leading by as many as seven points, but Saint Anselm forced five ties between 14:53 and 11:15. The visitors ultimately used a 9-2 run to forge ahead 67-63 on Ramirez's lay-in with 9:25 to go.
• Taylor's fastbreak hoop extended the lead to 76-70 with 4:11 left, but Kenney's triple at 2:31 capped a quick 7-0 spurt, accounting for the first of four lead swings in a matter of 44 seconds. Morissette's three at 1:47 put his team in front for good (81-79).
• Crews knocked down a tough three in front of his bench with 31 seconds left to cut the deficit to 83-82, and an ensuing steal gave the Purple Knights a lay-up attempt that was missed. Davies grabbed the rebound and hit two free throws.
• Down three, Saint Michael's had a look at a tying three with 11 seconds to go, but Archer pulled the board and hit a clinching free throw.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at No. 17 Adelphi University, 3:30 p.m.
• The Panthers were ranked 17th in this week's D2 CSC national poll and 18th in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) rankings.