Men's Basketball Falls at Saint Michael's 77-52
Senior guard Jeff Manchester tosses in team-high 12 points for the Ravens
COLCHESTER, Vt. (February 8, 2011) -- The Franklin Pierce
University men's basketball team dropped a 77-52 decision at Saint
Michael's on Tuesday night at the Ross Sports Center in Colchester,
Vt. The Ravens fell to 5-18 and 3-15 in the Northeast-10, while the
Purple Knights improved to 10-11 and 8-9 in league play.
Senior guard Jeff Manchester (Gorham, Maine) led
the Ravens with 12 points, including knocking down a pair of
three-pointers, while also getting four rebounds and two
steals.
Michael Holton Jr. led four St. Mike's players who scored in
double-figures as he pumped in a game-best 22 points on 6-of-13
shooting from the floor, including an impressive 5-of-8 effort from
behind the arc.
The Ravens struggled shooting the ball as they made just 17-of-56
shots for a 30-percent clip. Saint Michael's, though, shot a solid
50 percent from the floor (27-of-53), including an impressive 57
percent from behind the arc (11-of-19).
Despite the differences in shooting percentage, the game was close
throughout the opening 20 minutes as the Purple Knights held a slim
34-29 lead at halftime. Manchester tossed in 10 of his 12 points in
the first half.
Saint Michael's, though, opened up its lead in the early stages of
the second half and a Travis Warech layup with 15:25 remaining gave
the Purple Knights a 45-35 advantage. Warech's basket essentially
put the game out of reach as St. Mike's would continue to lead by
double-figures the rest of the way in earning the win.
Franklin Pierce returns to action Saturday when the Ravens play
host to Saint Anselm at 3:30 p.m. in The Fieldhouse in Rindge. The
game, along with the women's game versus St. A's at 1:30 p.m., will
be Franklin Pierce's Breast Cancer Awareness Day as the Athletics
Department will honor breast cancer survivors and employees of the
Norris Cotton Cancer in Keene. There will be auctions and raffle
tickets sold for various Pierce Pride items.
For more information on Franklin Pierce men's basketball, please
visit the team's page at athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.) To follow
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