WORCESTER, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team lost a Northeast-10 Conference decision to Assumption University, 91-72, on Wednesday evening in Laska Gymnasium. The Greyhounds received votes toward both the D2 CSC and National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) national polls this week.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (6-17, 2-13 NE10), Assumption (16-6, 11-4 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior CJ Crews (Tampa, Fla./Bayshore Christian School), 16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds, 5-for-5 free throws
• First-year Rico Byrd (East Moline, Ill./The Kiski School), 16 points, 5 assists, 5-for-11 field goals, 2-for-3 three-pointers
• Redshirt first-year Greg Kenney (Williston Park, N.Y./The Frederick Gunn School/LIU), 15 points, 5 rebounds, 5-for-11 field goals
• Senior Jacob Duniver (Fredericksburg, Va./Woodstock Academy), 12 points
• Junior Nolan Marold (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Brewster Academy/Loyola Chicago), 7 rebounds, 5 offensive rebounds, 4 assists

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Tayeshawn Cunningham-Pemberton, 26 points, 9 rebounds, 5 offensive rebounds, 11-for-17 field goals
• Graduate student Njavan Stewart, 19 points, 7-for-12 field goals, 4-for-7 three-pointers
• Junior Daouda Dembele, 15 points, 11 rebounds, 4 offensive rebounds, 3 blocks, 7-for-12 field goals
• First-year Zee McCown, 9 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals

THE ACTION

• Cunningham-Pemberton scored the first six points as Assumption led 8-0 by 17:20 of the first half, and Stewart's three-pointer made it 16-5 at 14:48.
• Crews converted a four-point play to trim the deficit to 20-16 with 11:29 to play, and Duniver's triple made it 28-26 at 7:27.
• Stewart's lay-in 3:03 later extended the lead back to 10 (36-26), and the hosts were up 44-33 at halftime.
• McCown's hoop five minutes into the second half gave Assumption the first of two 16-point leads before Kenney's three-point play at 11:24 brought his team within 62-53.
• Duniver made two free throws to produce a 69-58 margin at 8:29, but the Greyhounds pulled away with 21 of the next 23 points by the time 1:55 remained.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Franklin Pierce University, 3:30 p.m.