MANCHESTER, NH – Saint Anselm came up just short versus Felician, 75-73, on Saturday afternoon at Stoutenburgh Gymnasium.
Josh Morissette (Exeter) led all scorers with a game-high 21 points, while Zac Taylor (18) and Erik Oliver-Bush (10) added double-digits as well for the Hawks.
With the loss, St. A’s falls to 6-4 overall, 3-2 in Northeast-10 Conference play.
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Mondays are weekly conference award day in college basketball and a few folks from schools in the Granite State were recognized by their leagues. Check it out…
Little East Conference Player of the Week
Octavio Brito, Keene State
Keene State’s Octavio Brito was named the Little East Conference Player of the Week on Monday. The senior guard led the No. 7 Owls to a 2-0 record on the week as he averaged a hefty double-double with 28.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. In wins over Thomas and No. 25 Williams, Brito shot 54% from the field (19-35), 50% from three (9-18) and 83% from the line (10-12).
Keene State is currently ranked 7th nationally in the latest D3hoops.com rankings. The Owls are 3-0 on the season and return to action on Saturday at home versus MIT at 1:00 PM.
Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Week
Sean McCarthy, Saint Anselm
After leading Saint Anselm to a pair of victories last week, Sean McCarthy has been named Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Week.
The 6’6 senior from Ireland posted a pair of double-doubles in two contests. He tallied 14 points and 10 boards versus Saint Mike’s on Wednesday and then had 17 and 16 versus Jefferson on Saturday.
Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Week
Erik Oliver-Bush, Saint Anselm
Following his breakout performance last week, Saint Anselm’s Erik Oliver-Bush has been named Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Week.
The 6’5 guard dropped a career-high 22 points in the Hawks big win over Saint Mike’s on Wednesday and followed it up with a 15-point performance on Saturday in a 73-71 victory over Jefferson.
By: KJ Cardinal
MANCHESTER, NH – Behind a career-high 22 points from freshman Erik Oliver-Bush, Saint Anselm took down defending Northeast-10 Conference champion Saint Michael’s, 81-57, on Wednesday night at Stoutenburgh Gym.
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The two league foes traded buckets for the first five minutes of action as the game was tied at 8-8 with 15:24 left in the opening half. The Hawks then went on a 7-0 run over the next three minutes and never trailed again.
Saint Anselm boasted five players in double digits on the evening. Oliver-Bush was 8-10 from the field for his 22 points, while Exeter’s Josh Morrissette (15 points), Sean McCarthy (14), Jadon Archer (14) and Juju Ramirez (10) all netted double figures as well.
The Purple Knights were led by 21 points from Alan Brzezinski.
With the win, The Hawks improve to 2-2 on the season, 1-1 in NE10 action. St. Mike’s, the defending NE10 champion and preseason league favorite, falls to 0-5, 0-3 in league play.
Saint Anselm returns to action on Saturday as they host Jefferson at 2:00 pm.
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By: KJ Cardinal
MANCHESTER, NH – Give credit to the Saint Anselm women for battling back from a five-point deficit entering the final quarter of play to earn a hard-fought 57-55 victory over visiting Saint Michael’s on Wednesday night at Stoutenburgh Gym. But, the victory comes with controversy as a buzzer-beating putback at the end of regulation by the Purple Knights’ Ruby Santos was incorrectly waved off by the officials.
Saint Anselm’s Melanie Hoyt went 1-for-2 from the charity stripe with 6.0 seconds remaining on the clock to set up the game’s final dramatics. Attempting to go for the win on the road, a three-point heave by St. Mike’s Brianna Furch with 3.2 on the clock was wide left, barely grazing the backboard. After a brief scrum under the basket, the ball was coralled by Santos and laid up and in as time expired.
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The Purple Knights bench stormed the floor in celebration while the officials quickly huddled up and waved off the bucket. The basket would have forced overtime and given us five more minutes of action in what was a very entertaining Northeast-10 Conference match-up. It was an unfortunate way for this one to end for both squads.
Hoyt led the Hawks with 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Elise MacNair chipped in with 12 points as well. The Purple Knights were paced by a game-high 21 points from Brianna Furch and 12 from her sister Amber Furch.
The game also marked a reunion for two Portsmouth High School seniors from a season ago as Saint A’s freshman Avery Romps and Saint Mike’s freshman Margaret Montplaisir took the court as opponents. Romps netted four points in 16 minutes of action, while Montplaisir tallied 3 points and 4 rebounds in 17 minutes on the floor.
With the win, Saint Anselm improves to 3-1 on the season and 2-0 in NE10 play, while Saint Mike’s falls to 3-3 and 0-2 in league action.
Next up for the Hawks is a trip to Buffalo, N.Y. on Saturday to take on D’Youville at 1:00 pm.
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The Queen City rivalry was renewed as the Saint Anselm College men erased a 16-point first-half deficit to come back and earn a hard fought 79-67 road victory over Southern New Hampshire at a packed Stan Spirou Field House in Manchester on Wednesday night.
SNHU came out the gates firing and used a 14-2 run to open up an 18-6 lead just 3:30 into the ball game. Matt Becht connected on three-straight triples to pace the Penmen during that run.
The Hawks cut the SNHU led to eight before Becht buried another one from deep to spur an 8-0 run for the Penmen and give them their biggest lead of the night, 33-17 with 7:56 left in the half.
Saint Anselm came out of the locker room energized and opened the second frame on a 5-0 run. SNHU then struggled to make a field goal as the Penmen shot just 25.8% (8-31) from the floor in the second half.
The Hawks capitalized as they unleashed a 22-6 spurt later in the half to take a 10-point lead with just under six minutes on the clock. The Penmen then used a 6-0 run of their own to cut the lead to four with 4:28 left, but the Hawks closed things out to come away with the 12-point win.
Tyler Arbuckle led Saint Anselm with a game-high 24 points, while fellow Hawks Owen McGlashan (18) and Miles Tention (15) also netted double figures. SNHU was paced by a quartet of double-digit scorers: Matt Becht (17), Sam Kodi (15), Ethan Okwuosa (11) and Evan Guillory (10).
With the win, Saint Anselm improves to 13-4 (9-2 NE10) on the season, while SNHU had its six-game win streak snapped and falls to 10-7 (7-4 NE10).
The Hawks now led the all-time series over the Penmen, 40-36, and have won nine of the last 11 meetings, including seven of eight. Saint Anselm has also been victorious in five of the last six meets at SNHU, dating back to the 2017 NE10 Championship title game March 4, 2017.
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