MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team wrapped up its regular season with an 87-82 loss at Northeast 10 Conference regular-season champion Saint Anselm College on Tuesday evening in Stoutenburgh Gymnasium. Both teams were among 10 teams listed in last week's first NCAA Division II East Region rankings. The league will announce full postseason information later this week.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (16-12, 10-8 NE10), Saint Anselm (21-7, 14-4 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Zocko Littleton (Albany, Ga./Osborne/Rider), 26 points (tied career high), 10-for-17 field goals, 5-for-10 three-pointers
• First-year Quintin Floyd (Windsor, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall), 16 points, 4 assists, 4 steals
• Sophomore Greg Kenney (Williston Park, N.Y./The Frederick Gunn School/LIU), 11 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals, 3-for-5 three-pointers
• Junior Latiek Briscoe Jr. (Brooklyn, N.Y./Saint Francis Prep/Saint Edward's), 9 points, 4 rebounds
• Junior TJ Henaghen (Hampden, Maine/Williston Northampton School), 8 points

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Josh Morissette, 32 points, 11-for-18 field goals, 8-for-13 three-pointers, 6 rebounds
• Sophomore Will Davies, 20 points, 7 assists, 9-for-14 field goals
• Sophomore Paulius Rapolis, 13 points, 7 rebounds
• First-year Edward Onyia, 9 points, 9 rebounds

THE ACTION

• Saint Anselm scored the first six points before Littleton's four-point play sparked an 8-0 response for the first of eight lead swings in the opening half.
• Neither team led by more than four points until Morissette's three-pointer gave the Hawks a 30-24 lead at 5:55, but the Purple Knights rallied to tie on three occasions before halftime, twice on Briscoe buckets.
• Onyia's tiebreaking free throws with 1:05 left sent Saint Anselm into the locker room with a 43-41 edge.
• Four different Hawks knocked down threes in the first 3:36 of the second half before Davies' lay-up at 15:44 pushed the lead to 57-45.
• The hosts were still up 65-55 after sophomore Greg Guidinger's trey at 11:00 before the Purple Knights used 6-of-8 shooting - including 3-of-3 from deep - during a tying 17-7 run, led by six points from Henaghen. Kenney's pair of freebies knotted the teams at 72 with 6:27 left.
• Davies made a lay-up 18 seconds later to spark an 8-0 spurt, but Littleton's triple had Saint Michael's within 82-77 with 1:29 to go. Kenney came up with a steal shortly thereafter, and Littleton knocked down a jumper to make it a three-point game at 33 seconds.
• Onyia's free throw at 24.4 seconds created a four-point cushion, and a Purple Knight miss was followed by Morissette going 2-for-2 at the stripe at 11.7 ticks
• Littleton buried a three to again create a three-point margin, 85-82, at 4.2 seconds, but Guidinger's two free throws with 2.8 seconds left all but sealed the win.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday against TBA, TBA time for NE10 Championship first-round game.