MANCHESTER, N.H. – Four members of the Saint Anselm College men's basketball team posted double-digit point totals as the Hawks downed visiting American International College by a 72-53 score on Tuesday.

Saint Anselm improves to 7-4 on the season with a 3-3 mark in Northeast-10 Conference play. The Yellow Jackets fall to 6-9 overall and 3-5 in conference contests. The Hawks head to Adelphi University on Saturday, Jan. 15 with the opening tip-off scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

Senior Miles Tention (Palo Alto, Calif.) scored a game-high 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting, including 6-of-10 from three-point land. Junior Matt Relihan (Lynnfield, Mass.) collected 12 points while classmate Tyler Arbuckle (Bristol, Conn.) and senior Chris Paul (Highland Mills, N.Y.) struck for 11 points each. Paul added 14 rebounds to capture his fourth double-double of the season and was just three assists short of a triple-double.

Saint Anselm owned the distinct advantage in rebounding (53-to-33) and the Hawks limited American International to just 28.1% shooting for the game. Paul also eclipsed the 1,600-point and 700-rebound threshold in his 103-game Hawks career while Tention pushed past 700 career points in a Saint Anselm uniform.

Senior Gustav Suhr-Jessen (Virum, Denmark) opened the scoring with a layup before Franklyn Batista answered for AIC with a jump shot. Relihan would give the Hawks the lead for good with a trey, pushing the score to 5-2.

The Hawks would pull away throughout the first half as Tention sunk one of his six triples on the night which gave Saint Anselm a 20-7 lead with 11:50 to go in the half, capping a 15-5 run that spanned 6:28. Saint Anselm concluded the opener by using a 13-4 scoring run in the first half's final 10 minutes to take a 36-18 lead at the intermission.

AIC used a 12-6 run to open the second half to start to cut into the Hawks lead as a three by Walter Covington reduced the score to 42-28 with 16:13 left in the contest.

Following the hot start to the second frame, Paul managed to get a layup to fall which got the scoring back in the Hawks favor, the Yellow Jackets netted six consecutive points which made the score 44-34 on a pair of free throws by Jalen Jordan.

With 11:38 left in the contest, Arbuckle drained his lone three of the night which pushed the momentum back in the Hawks favor. That triple by Arbuckle sparked a 16-2 scoring spurt for Saint Anselm, establishing a 60-36 lead with 7:27 left.

American International responded with a 15-8 scoring run, but the damage was done. The Hawks were able to close out the game with a 19-point margin of victory.