RINDGE, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team won for the eighth time in 10 games with a 78-72 victory at Franklin Pierce University on Tuesday during Northeast 10 Conference play in FPU Fieldhouse.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (10-6, 4-2 NE10), Franklin Pierce (4-12, 0-6 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Latiek Briscoe Jr. (Brooklyn, N.Y./Saint Francis Prep/Saint Edward's), 19 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals 6-for-9 field goals, 6-for-6 free throws
• First-year Quintin Floyd (Windsor, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall), 17 points, 4-for-9 field goals, 8-for-9 free throws
• Senior Nolan Marold (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Brewster Academy/Loyola Chicago), 11 points, 5-for-6 field goals
• Sophomore Raph Dumont (Quebec City, Quebec/Vanier College/Arkansas-Pine Bluff), 8 points
• Sophomore Greg Kenney (Williston Park, N.Y./The Frederick Gunn School/LIU), 6 rebounds, 2 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Anthony Parker, 25 points, 6 assists, 6 steals
• Graduate student Raymond Baka, 23 points, 5 rebounds, 10-for-15 free throws
• Graduate student Beni Lavodrama, 9 rebounds

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights won their fifth consecutive meeting with the Ravens while winning their third straight to Rindge for the first time.

THE ACTION

• The Ravens scored the game's first five points and continued to lead until first-year John Kelley (Plaistow, N.H./Kimball Union Academy) hit a tying free throw at 8:51 of the opening half, and never trailed until senior Zocko Littleton's (Albany, Ga./Osborne/Rider) jumper gave Saint Michael's a 24-22 lead at 7:01.
• Baka (7) and Parker (5) did all the scoring in a 12-0 run that pushed the Ravens into a 39-29 lead by 1:07.
• Down 41-31 in the waning seconds of the half, the Purple Knights scored the next 16 points, keyed by a Briscoe personal 8-0 spurt. Kelley's three-point play made it 50-43 by 15:58 of the second stanza.
• Eight straight Parker points swung the hosts into a 51-50 edge at 13:10, but the Purple Knight bench accounted for all of the scoring during a 9-0 response, with junior TJ Henaghen (Hampden, Maine/Williston Northampton School) netting five.
• Baka's lay-in at 5:35 capped a go-ahead 12-3 run (65-64), accounting for the first of four lead swings in a 2:49 stretch.
• Parker buried a tying triple at 1:45 to force one final deadlock before Briscoe's putback at 1:16 gave Saint Michael's a 74-72 lead. After forcing a shot clock violation on the next possession, the Purple Knights salted away the victory when Floyd went 4-of-4 at the charity stripe in the final 24 seconds.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Pace University, 3:30 p.m.