Courtesy St. Michael’s Sports Information<\/p>\n
WATERBURY, CT. — The Saint Michael’s College men’s basketball team withstood a missed tying three-point attempt at the buzzer to down Post University, 78-75, on Sunday at Drubner Center, keyed by senior Jordan Guzman (Staten Island, N.Y.\/Xaverian) scoring 22 of his 25 points in the second half.<\/p>\n
RECORDS
\n\u00b7 Saint Michael’s (3-6), Post (5-4)<\/p>\n
SAINT MICHAEL’S LEADERS
\n\u00b7 Senior Jordan Guzman (Staten Island, N.Y.\/Xaverian), 25 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals, 6-for-10 three-pointers
\n\u00b7 First-year Jalen Gorham (York, Pa.\/MacDuffie School), 13 points, 5 rebounds, 4-for-6 field goals, 4-for-4 free throws
\n\u00b7 Junior Walker Storey (Shelburne, Vt.\/Champlain Valley Union), 13 points, 3-for-5 three-pointers
\n\u00b7 First-year Kasai Brown (Brooklyn, N.Y.\/Millbrook School), 10 points, 9 rebounds
\n\u00b7 Sophomore Jontai Williams (Bronx, N.Y.\/Cardinal Hayes), 7 points, 4 assists, 3 steals (1st career start)
\n\u00b7 Senior Eli DiGrande (Essex Junction, Vt.\/Essex), 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals<\/p>\n
OPPONENT LEADERS
\n\u00b7 Senior Savion Boissard, 17 points, 5 rebounds
\n\u00b7 Junior Darrick Boyd, 16 points, 4-for-10 three-pointers
\n\u00b7 Senior Marcus Johnson, 9 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals
\n\u00b7 Redshirt first-year Devonte McCall, 9 points, 7 rebounds<\/p>\n
GAME FACTS
\n\u00b7 Guzman scored 22 of his 25 points in the second half, hitting his first six three-point attempts. Seventeen of his points came over the last 10:21 of the game.
\n\u00b7 Saint Michael’s allowed 27 points in the first half, its fewest since yielding 27 to Assumption College in the second half last Feb. 16. It was the Purple Knights’ best road half since allowing 25 points at Pace University last Jan. 26.
\n\u00b7 Post was regionally ranked in the D2SIDA East Region Media Poll as recently as late November and defeated 20th-ranked Saint Anselm College, 88-75, on Dec. 4.
\n\u00b7 The Purple Knights played their first game since Dec. 4, having broken from action due to final exams.
\n\u00b7 Saint Michael’s is undefeated against Post in four all-time meetings.
\n\u00b7 The Purple Knights shot 14-for-28 (50.0%) from three-point range – including 8-for-12 in the second half – while limiting the Eagles to an 8-for-27 (29.6%) performance. The visitors held a 40-39 edge on the boards while picking up 12 steals on 16 Post turnovers.<\/p>\n
THE ACTION
\n\u00b7 Boyd buried back-to-back threes 10 seconds apart to give Post an 8-2 lead at 18:19 of the first half, but Storey drilled three triples in a matter of 46 seconds to kick off a personal 13-4 run, sparking a 26-7 stretch.
\n\u00b7 Gorham came off the bench to score seven straight Purple Knight points in his first 3:50 of play, putting the visitors up 28-15 at 6:29. His dunk with 4:47 left capped his scoring nine consecutive Saint Michael’s points, providing a 30-22 edge to end a 7-0 Post run.
\n\u00b7 DiGrande netted six points amid a 13-2 stretch, and Brown’s lay-in at 1:22 pushed the lead to 41-24.
\n\u00b7 Boissard scored six points in a 10-0 run that bridged halftime and brought Post within 42-35 at 18:34 of the second stanza.
\n\u00b7 Williams knocked down a jumper 40 seconds later before Brown and Guzman both drilled threes to conclude an 8-2 stretch, pushing the Purple Knights into a 50-38 lead at 16:21.
\n\u00b7 Redshirt junior Thomas Jackson III’s (Middletown, Conn.\/Holderness School) lay-up at 14:20 had the Purple and Gold up 54-42 before six Eagles scored in a tying 17-5 run, with junior Jonathan Duvivier scoring six points before sophomore Isaiah Holmes’ jumper knotted the teams at 59 with 9:25 left.
\n\u00b7 Guzman wrapped a pair of threes around a Duvivier jumper during a 57-second stretch that reestablished a Purple Knight lead, and another Guzman triple at 6:42 concluded an 11-4 run that had the visitors ahead by a 70-63 count.
\n\u00b7 Boissard’s three-point play at 5:10 was countered by a Brown three with 4:22 to go, and Holmes’ lay-up cut the deficit to 73-70 before Guzman knocked down a three from the top of the arc at 2:54 to create a six-point cushion.
\n\u00b7 Another Boissard three-point play made it 76-75 with 1:38 left, but Saint Michael’s rebounded two missed shots – one at each the offensive and defensive end – before Guzman was fouled with 9.4 seconds to go and sank both freebies to make it 78-75. Post gained a clean look at a tying three at the buzzer, but the shot was offline and Brown grabbed the rebound.<\/p>\n
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL’S GAME
\n\u00b7 Wednesday vs. Assumption College, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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