NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team lost at Southern Connecticut State University, 83-71, on Saturday during Northeast 10 Conference play in Moore Fieldhouse. The Purple Knights were among 10 teams listed in this week's first NCAA Division II East Region rankings.
 
With one regular-season game remaining, Saint Michael's is tied with Pace University for fourth place in the NE10, which takes seven teams into its postseason tournament. The No. 1 seed earns a first-round bye while the No. 2 through 4 seeds host first-round contests.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (16-11, 10-7 NE10), Southern Connecticut State (11-14, 7-10 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Quintin Floyd (Windsor, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall), 19 points, 3 assists, 2 steals, 6-for-10 three-pointers
• Senior Zocko Littleton (Albany, Ga./Osborne/Rider), 17 points, 5 rebounds (3 offensive), 3 steals
• Junior Latiek Briscoe Jr. (Brooklyn, N.Y./Saint Francis Prep/Saint Edward's), 12 points, 5 rebounds (3 offensive), 8-for-8 free throws
• Junior Greg Kenney (Williston Park, N.Y./The Frederick Gunn School/LIU), 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals
• Sophomore Raph Dumont (Quebec City, Quebec/Vanier College/Arkansas-Pine Bluff), 9 points, 3-for-3 field goals

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Justice Ellison, 19 points, 7 rebounds, 9-for-14 field goals
• Senior Kazell Stewart, 13 points, 7 rebounds
• Junior Randy Crosby, 13 points
• Graduate student Cherif Diarra, 12 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists

THE ACTION

• The Owls led 6-2 by the time 1:14 had elapsed in the contest before Floyd buried a three-pointer at 18:19 of the first half and fed Littleton for a go-ahead lay-up 1:07 later.
• Southern Connecticut State responded with an 11-2 run, leading by as many as 12 points on two occasions before taking a 41-33 lead into halftime.
• The Purple Knights trimmed the deficit to 51-45 when Kenney hit a free throw at 14:36 of the second stanza, but Crosby hit a triple 16 seconds later en route to the Owls leading by double digits for nearly the remainder of regulation.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday at regionally-ranked Saint Anselm College, 7:30 p.m.