BOX SCORE

When and Where: December 5, 2019 – Colchester, Vt. (Ross Sports Center)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 83, Saint Michael's College 64
Records: SNHU 6-2 (2-2 NE10), SMC 2-6 (0-3 NE10)

Seniors Shawn Montague (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) and Eamonn Joyce (Medford, Mass.) combined for 44 points Wednesday night, as the Southern New Hampshire University men's basketball team posted an 83-64 win against Saint Michael's College at the Ross Sports Center.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Montague – 23 points (18-11 FG, 3-6 3-FG, 4-6 FT), 8 rebounds, 3 steals
• Joyce – 21 points (8-13 FG, 3-5 3-FG, 2-4 FT), 4 rebounds, 2 blocks
• Junior Michael Almonacy (Brentwood, N.Y.) – 17 points (7-11 FG, 2-5 3-FG, 1-4 FT), 3 rebounds
• Freshman Jacari Sanders (San Antonio, Texas) – 11 points (5-10 FG, 1-3 3-FG), 4 assists, 3 rebounds
• Junior Corry Long (Cincinnati, Ohio) –  7 points (3-7 FG, 1-4 3-FG), 5 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists
• Sophomore Mikey Buscetto (Waterford, Conn.) – 7 assists

KEY MOMENTS

• SNHU held a five-point margin with a little over nine minutes to play in regulation when it ripped off a 21-7 run - with eight points from Montague and six from Almonacy - to grab its largest lead of the game at 80-61 with just under two minutes to go. Three of Montague's points came when he flushed an alley-oop from Long over two Saint Michael's defenders and completed the three-point play at the line.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Walker Storey (5-11 FG, 3-8 3-FG, 1-2 FT) and Kasai Brown (4-6 FG, 1-2 3-FG, 4-4 FT) paced the Purple Knights with 14 and 13 points, respectively.
• The Penmen outshot the Purple Knights, 56.9 percent (33-58) to 39.3 percent (24-61), including 40 percent (10-25) to 34.5 percent (10-29) from downtown.
• Saint Michael's shot it much better from the line on half as many attempts, 75 percent (6-8) to 43.8 percent (7-16).
• The Penmen won the glass (35-30) and the paint (44-26), collected more points off turnovers (29-5), and featured a better assist-to-turnover ratio (15/13-12/14), while the Purple Knights gathered more second chance points (13-5).

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire has now captured two straight wins.
• SNHU improves to 37-14 all-time versus Saint Michael's and has won eight of the last 10 meetings.
• Montague is averaging 23.7 points and 9.0 rebounds per game over his last three.
• Joyce and Almonacy have scored in double figures in seven of eight contests this season.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Saturday, Dec. 7 (3:30 p.m.) when they play host to Queens (N.Y.) College at the Stan Spirou Field House. The game will air on WGIR 610-AM.

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