MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College men's basketball closes its 2021-22 regular season at Bentley University on Tuesday, Feb. 22.

SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE HAWKS (15-8, 11-7 NE10)
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The Hawks posted a 74-60 victory on Feb. 21 over Southern Connecticut State University, which was a makeup from the Jan. 29 postponement. The Hawks are 15-8 on the season with an 11-7 mark against Northeast-10 Conference foes. Saint Anselm will be playing its third contest in four days to close out the regular season. Saint Anselm is locked into the third seed entering the NE10 Playoffs which gives the Hawks a home contest in the NE10 First Round, scheduled for Friday, Feb. 25.

The Falcons fell to Franklin Pierce University on Feb. 20 by an 84-65 score, suffering just their fourth loss of the season. Bentley is now 18-4 overall and 13-4 against the league. Bentley will finish as either the Northeast Division's top seed or the second seed. If the Falcons win, they will be the top seed while a loss and a Franklin Pierce win, would drop the Falcons to the second seed.

Fans attending the contest at the Dana Center are expected to familiarize themselves with the Bentley University spectator policy.

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

• Seniors Chris Paul (Highland Mills, N.Y.) and Gustav Suhr-Jessen (Virum, Denmark) drained 28 points each for the Hawks in the win over Southern Connecticut State on Feb. 21. Junior Owen McGlashan (Marlton, N.J.) grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds.
• Senior Alonzo Jackson (Medford, Mass.) posted three blocks and becomes just the third Saint Anselm student-athlete to post 80 or more rejections in a career on the Hilltop.
• Paul is fourth in the conference, averaging 19.3 points per game. Paul ranks eighth nationally in free throw attempts (176) and 10th in Division II in free throw makes (130), which is good for a 73.9 make percentage. Both his makes and attempts lead the conference.
• Paul is grabbing a team-high 7.9 rebounds per game while sophomore Matt Becker (Fairfield, Conn.) and Suhr-Jessen are pulling down 6.6 and 6.0 boards per game.
• Saint Anselm leads the conference in free throw attempts per game (19.1) while ranking second in free throw makes (13.2). Saint Anselm leads the NE10 in defensive rebounds per game at 29.2. The team is allowing 69.3 points per game which is fifth lowest in the NE10.

SCOUTING BENTLEY

• Zach Laput and Colton Lawrence led the Falcons offense with 15 points each while Jordan Mello-Klein added 13 points in the team's loss to Franklin Pierce. Mello-Klein grabbed a team-high nine boards with eight coming on the defensive glass.
• Lawrence is averaging 18.1 points per game which ranks sixth in the conference. Laput and Mason Webb are adding 15.0 and 14.9 points per game to the Falcons attack, which are 12th and 13th most in the NE10.
• Mello-Klein is pulling down 8.4 boards per game which ranks third in the conference. Laput, sits in the 10th, is averaging 6.7 rebounds per contest.
• Pete Blust is posting 2.0 blocks per game, which is the third most in the NE10. He has 44 blocks on the season.
• Bentley leads the NE10 in points (82.6), field goals made (31.4), field goal percentage (47.2), three-point percentage (38.9), free throw percentage (74.4), offensive rebounds (12.6), total rebounds (41.7), and assists (16.4), all of which are on a per game basis. The team commits just 11.8 turnovers per game which is third-lowest in the conference.

ALL-TIME vs. BENTLEY

• This marks the 101st in all-time series. Each team has posted 50 wins through the first 100 meetings.
• Earlier this season, the Falcons captured an 89-79 victory over the Hawks on Nov. 17. That contest opened the season for the Hawks and both programs NE10 slate. Lawrence went for a game-high 34 points while Paul led the Hawks with 27 points.
• Saint Anselm has won six of the last eight meetings against Bentley. When playing at Bentley, Saint Anselm is 22-30 and has won two of the last three contests at Bentley.