MANCHESTER, N.H. – Senior Tyler Arbuckle (Bristol, Conn.) of the Saint Anselm College men's basketball team reached 1,000 career points in Saturday's 73-68 victory over visiting Southern Connecticut State University.

Receiving votes in the D2SIDA National Media Poll, Saint Anselm improves to 14-4 overall on the season and to 10-2 versus the Northeast-10 Conference. The Hawks have won 12 of their last 13 games since the end of November and up their home record this season to 8-1.

In just 68 career games at Saint Anselm, Arbuckle became the 56th student-athlete in program history to reach the 1,000-point milestone. Scoring 20 points in the first half, he needed just one more point in the second half to accomplish that feat and did so on a made free throw with 12:52 to go in the contest.

Arbuckle finished with 27 points to his credit while Miles Tention (Palo Alto, Calif.), who also reached 1,000 career points this season, matched Owen McGlashan (Marlton, N.J.) with 16 points. Matt Becker (Fairfield, Conn.) secured eight caroms in the game while Tention led the way with five helpers.

Down 4-0 early in the game, the Hawks forged an 11-2 scoring run that was keyed by five points from Tention and four more from Arbuckle. The Hawks poured home 10 of the game's next 13 points just minutes later, taking a 24-15 lead near the midpoint of the stanza.

The Hawks maintained a slim 40-37 lead at the break as Southern Connecticut State posted 18 paint points and shot exactly 50% from the floor (16-for-32). The Hawks were limited to just a 48.1% percentage, but did pour home six triples alongside an 8-for-12 (66.7%) percentage at the line.

Saint Anselm led by eight points early in the second half, capturing a 49-41 lead just minutes in. The visitors responded well with a 14-3 scoring spurt that saw the Hawks trailing, 57-54, with 9:13 remaining in regulation time.

The Hawks settled in from the floor, scoring 15 of the game's next 21 points to lock down the victory. A late triple by the Owls with 1:14 left cut the deficit to 72-68, but a crucial missed layup on a breakaway that would have trimmed the Saint Anselm lead to two points allowed the Hawks to put the game away.

The Hawks head to Bentley this Wednesday, Jan. 25 for a 7:30 p.m. showdown with the Falcons. Saint Anselm is in a three-way tie atop the NE10 standings with both Bentley and New Haven after all three teams secured Saturday victories.