COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team lost to regionally-ranked Bentley University, 84-64, on Wednesday evening during a Northeast-10 Conference contest in the Ross Sports Center. The Falcons were eighth in this week's D2 CSC East Region poll.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (7-20, 3-16 NE10), Bentley (16-8, 13-5 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Senior Jacob Duniver (Fredericksburg, Va./Woodstock Academy), 18 points, 6-for-7 three-pointers
- Senior CJ Crews (Tampa, Fla./Bayshore Christian School), 18 points, 4-for-4 free throws
- Redshirt first-year Greg Kenney (Williston Park, N.Y./The Frederick Gunn School/LIU), 9 points, 4 rebounds, 3-for-5 field goals
- First-year Rico Byrd (East Moline, Ill./The Kiski School), 7 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3-for-6 field goals
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Graduate student Ivan Misic, 30 points, 7 rebounds, 6-for-11 three-pointers
- Sophomore Cooper Farrall, 15 points, 8 rebounds
- Graduate student Aaron Latham, 14 points, 7 assists, 3 steals
- Junior Cash McClure, 10 points
GAME FACTS
- Crews tied Mark Fizulich '97 for fifth in program history in career three-pointers (229) while taking over 20th in scoring (1,329), vaulting Tom Hoey '79 (1,317) and Jay Wandtke '97 (1,317).
THE ACTION
- Three straight baskets from Crews preceded Kenney's jumper at 14:53 of the opening half that capped an 8-0 run and provided Saint Michael's an 11-5 edge.
- Latham's three-pointer finished off a 10-0 response, but Duniver later buried a triple at 11:41 to tie the teams at 17. Crews' turnaround jumper gave the Purple Knights a 21-19 lead with 9:48 to go.
- Farrall's eight points keyed a 17-2 counter that made it 36-23 at the five-minute mark, and Bentley carried a 46-35 lead into halftime.
- Misic and Duniver traded treys in the opening 27 seconds of the second stanza, as the Purple Knights never trailed by fewer than 11 points in the period.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Saturday vs. the University of New Haven, 3:30 p.m.
- The Purple Knights celebrate Senior Day that day.
