MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College men's basketball team will take on Saint Michael's College on Saturday following the team's Senior Day celebration.

Saint Anselm has lost three games in a row, dropping to 13-8 overall on the season and to 9-7 versus Northeast-10 Conference opponents. Seniors Chris Paul (Highland Mills, N.Y.), Alonzo Jackson (Medford, Mass.), Joey Belli (Wayne, N.J.) and Gustav Suhr-Jessen (Virum, Denmark) will be honored with a pre-game ceremony on Saturday.

The Purple Knights are fresh off a 70-66 victory over Stonehill on Wednesday, picking up the team's third in its last five games. In that game, Saint Michael's overcame a 16-point deficit to stun the Skyhawks, who were playing at home in Merkert Gymnasium.

Fans attending Saturday's game are expected to familiarize themselves with the College's spectator and ticketing policies.

The Hawks men's basketball team and Saint Anselm College are proud to honor, recognize and thank the team's Hawks Soar Higher Club donors.

SCOUTING SAINT ANSELM

• Saint Anselm checked in as the No. 2 team in the first iteration of the official NCAA Division II East Region rankings. Based upon games through Feb. 13, the Hawks trail only the top-ranked team Bentley, who owns an 18-3 overall record.
• The Hawks are the No. 10-ranked team in the East Region according to the unofficial D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.
• Junior Tyler Arbuckle (Bristol, Conn.) posted a team-high 20 points against Franklin Pierce last time out while junior Owen McGlashan (Marlton, N.J.) and Suhr-Jessen recorded 13 points each. Arbuckle, Suhr-Jessen, and Paul each grabbed six boards for the Hawks. McGlashan reached a career-high with 13 points for Saint Anselm.
• Paul moved to seventh all-time on the Saint Anselm scoring list with his effort against the Ravens, passing Matt Burdick '82 with 1,791 career points across 113 games in a Saint Anselm uniform. Jackson tacked on one block for the Hawks, tying with Tim Aramini '94 for third place on the all-time rejections list for Saint Anselm.
• Paul has gone to the line 163 times and has made 118 free throws, both figures ranking first among NE10 student-athletes. In team history, his 484 career free throws is fourth all-time as he needs just two more "makes" to get past Tim Guers '19 for second place. His 18.9 points per game is the fifth-best in the conference.
• Miles Tention (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Paul rank third and fourth, respectively, in the NE10 in minutes played per game – Tention has averaged 37 minutes per contest with Paul right behind with 36:21 minutes played, on average.
• Tention leads the NE10 with a 42.3% three-point field goal percentage while his 2.62 three-point baskets per game is fifth in the conference.
• Saint Anselm ranks 14th in NCAA Division II in defensive rebounds per game (28.71) and is 23rd nationally with just 318 fouls on the year.

SCOUTING SAINT MICHAEL'S

• The Purple Knights own an 8-15 overall record on the year but have lost 12 of their 16 games in NE10 play to date. Saint Michael's is coached by Eric Eaton, who is in the midst of his third season at the helm of the Purple Knights men's basketball team.
• Patrick Gardner leads the NE10 in both double-doubles (14) and defensive rebounds per game (8.05) for the Purple Knights. His 2.45 blocked shots ranks second in the NE10 and 11th in all of NCAA Division II.
• Gardner also ranks in the top-five of NE10 student-athletes in offensive rebounds per game (2.55), points per game (20.0), rebounds per game (10.6), blocks (54), field goals made (161) and field goals attempted (345).
• The Purple Knights have poured home at least eight three-point baskets in each of their last five games.

ALL-TIME vs. SAINT MICHAEL'S

• Saint Anselm is 70-54 (.565) in the all-time series against Saint Michael's that dates back to Dec. 14, 1939.
• The Hawks have won 21 of the last 24 meetings and have dropped only two of those three losses in regulation.
• At home against Saint Michael's, the Hawks have won 17 of the last 18 games.
• In the lengthy coaching career of Keith Dickson, Saint Anselm has a 48-21 (.696) record against the Purple Knights.