PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team won for the ninth time in 11 games by holding off Pace University, 75-68, on Saturday in Northeast 10 Conference play at the Goldstein Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (11-6, 5-2 NE10), Pace (8-7, 3-4 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Greg Kenney (Williston Park, N.Y./The Frederick Gunn School/LIU), 20 points, 2 steals, 7-for-11 field goals, 4-for-8 three-pointers
• First-year Quintin Floyd (Windsor, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall), 14 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2-for-5 field goals, 9-for-10 free throws
• Senior Zocko Littleton (Albany, Ga./Osborne/Rider), 14 points, 5-for-10 field goals
• First-year John Kelley (Plaistow, N.H./Kimball Union Academy), 10 points, 6 rebounds, 3-for-3 field goals
• Sophomore Raph Dumont (Quebec City, Quebec/Vanier College/Arkansas-Pine Bluff), 7 points, 7-for-8 free throws

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Jabari Nurse, 18 points, 6 rebounds
• Redshirt senior Paxton Davidson, 17 points, 6 assists, 3 steals
• First-year Ben Manuel, 10 points, 8 rebounds
• Graduate student Jaden Kealey, 10 points, 7 rebounds

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights have now won six of their last eight against Pace, with their last four wins in Pleasantville decided by a total of 14 points.
• Saint Michael's benefited from a 28-of-34 (82.4%) free throw performance against the Setters' 6-of-11 (54.5%) showing.

THE ACTION

• Kenney's three-pointer at 14:07 of the first half sparked a tie-breaking 7-0 run (18-11) before Pace was within 19-15 on Kealey's pair of free throws at 11:13.
• Four players scored in a 12-0 Purple Knight run (31-15), which Kenney sealed with a triple at 5:47.
• After Nurse netted four points in a 7-0 spurt that cut the Saint Michael's lead to 31-22 by 3:40, the visitors ripped off 13 straight points before halftime, leading 44-22 with eight seconds left. Littleton scored five of the points while three teammates combined to shoot 6-of-6 on free throws.
• The visitors led by 20 at halftime and were up by as much as 55-34 during the second half, on Kenney's steal and fastbreak hoop at 15:02.
• Pace still trailed 63-47 with fewer than eight minutes to go and 67-55 with less than five left before using a 12-1 run to rally within 68-67 on sophomore Nathan Robertson's three with 1:09 left.
• Floyd buried two key free throws on the next possession, and junior TJ Henaghen (Hampden, Maine/Williston Northampton School) blocked Pace's tying three-point attempt with 20 seconds to go and secured the rebound. He went to the line following a flagrant foul, splitting two attempts, and Kenney was immediately fouled and made a pair at 16 seconds to push the lead to 73-67 and all but clinch the win.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday at American International College, 7:30 p.m.