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MANCHESTER, N.H. - All five starters for The College of Saint Rose reached double figures as the Golden Knights held off a late Southern New Hampshire University rally to post a 76-72 Northeast-10 men's basketball victory at the SNHU Fieldhouse Saturday afternoon.  The Golden Knights improved to 6-9 and 4-6 in the NE-10, while the Penmen are now 8-7 and 4-6 in the league.

Josh Pelletier and Malcolm Williams paced Saint Rose with 13 points apiece, while Even Lane registered a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.  Shea Bromirski connected on a pair of NBA-range three-pointers and finished with 11 points, while Jermaine Clark added 10 points.

Tory Stapleton (Rahway, NJ), SNHU's leading scorer who has missed the last two games, returned with an 18-point effort on 7-9 shooting.  Gerald Carter (Harlem, NY) finished with 16 points and seven rebounds, while Troy Bowen (Nashua, NH) totaled 11 points, nine rebounds and a career-high seven assists for the Penmen, who also got nine points from Marcus Matthews (Valley Stream, NY) and eight from Josh Morgan-Green (Upper Marlboro, MD).

Saint Rose led by at least seven points for much of the second half and took its largest lead, 65-48, with 7:48 left when Brian Hanuschak made 1-of-2 at the free throw line.  The Penmen then went on an 11-0 run and a layup by Bowen with 4:44 left made it a 65-59 game.  SNHU kept chipping at the lead and got it down to three, 73-70, with 1:01 left after Bowen made a pair at the line.

Bowen would come up with a block on the next Saint Rose possession and Morgan-Green came up with the rebound for SNHU.  Morgan-Green would drive the length of the court but would be whistled for an offensive foul driving to the hoop.  The Golden Knights would then seal the win by hitting three of their final four free throws.

The guests never trailed and jumped out to a 19-7 lead 8:39 into the game on a layup by Williams.  The Golden Knights took their largest lead of the first half with 5:40 left when Williams converted a conventional three-point play to make it 33-20, and Saint Rose would take a 40-29 lead into the locker room at halftime.

Saint Rose shot 51.8% (29-56) from the floor for the game and connected on five of its 11 three-point attempts, but made just 13 of its 23 (56.5%) free throw attempts.  The Penmen were 22-25 at the charity stripe, but were just 4-20 behind the arc and 41.1% from the floor for the game.  The Penmen held a 39-30 rebounding advantage.

Southern New Hampshire is off until next Saturday when it travels to Assumption College for a 3:30 contest.