MANCHESTER, N.H. - Sophomore
Josh Morissette (Exeter, N.H.) recorded his 11th game with 20 or more points of the season as the Saint Anselm College men's basketball team picked up another Northeast-10 Conference win over the College of Saint Rose on Tuesday evening. The Hawks move to 9-9 in conference play with four regular season games remaining.
UP NEXT:
- Saint Anselm is back on the road on Saturday, February 17th and will face Adelphi University in Garden City, N.Y. at 3:30 p.m.
Score: Saint Anselm 79, Saint Rose 61
Records: Saint Anselm 11-13 (9-9 NE10); Saint Rose 10-14 (7-11 NE10)
Location: Manchester, N.H. (Stoutenburgh Gymnasium)
Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Attendance: 307
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Almost two minutes into the ball game, junior Zac Taylor (Victoria, Australia) scored the opening basket from long range for Saint Anselm. Senior Matt Becker (Fairfield, Conn.) knocked down a triple of his own a couple of possessions later to give the Hawks an early 6-2 lead.
- A few minutes later, Morissette got in on the action by knocking down threes on consecutive possessions. Another triple, this time by junior Sean McCarthy (Cork, Ireland), one minute later allowed Saint Anselm to maintain a 19-16 advantage.
- McCarthy and Morissette continued to excel offensively for the Hawks. The tandem ripped off 19 straight points across eight minutes for Saint Anselm. After their threes, both scored four points inside the paint before fifth-year Tyler Arbuckle (Bristol, Conn.) splashed in his first three of the night, giving the Hawks a 30-23 lead with 6:54 to play in the first.
- With 42 seconds left in the half, Morissette buried another triple that helped his team take an eight-point lead, 39-31, into the halftime break. The sophomore had 13 points on three made threes at the half.
- It was all Saint Rose coming out of the locker room to start the second half. The Golden Knights generated momentum thanks to a 7-0 run with every point scored by big man Ata Turgut.
- Still in front by a point, Saint Anselm finally responded with their first field goal of the half almost four minutes in, which came in the form of another three-pointer from Morissette.
- That made three by Morissette flipped a switch for the Hawks, who then went on a 13-2 scoring surge where they held the Golden Knights to just one field goal in over five and a half minutes of game action. Arbuckle and Taylor each knocked down another triple apiece during that stretch.
- Arbuckle started to take over on offense for Saint Anselm after that point. The fifth-year guard scored seven straight for the Hawks in less than two minutes, extending his team's lead to 62-44 with 9:16 to play and forcing a Saint Rose timeout.
- The Golden Knights cut the deficit back down to 13 points, but Morissette buried another three and senior Jadon Archer (Enfield, Conn.) followed that up by scoring consecutive shots within the paint to pump the margin back up to a comfortable 16 points.
- Saint Rose was held to just one made field goal in the final three and a half minutes and the Hawks coasted to an 18-point victory.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Saint Anselm made 28 out of 63 (44.4%) from the field, while Saint Rose went 26-70 (37.1%) from the floor during the game. The Hawks found success from behind the arc, knocking down 12 out of 30 (40.0%) from three-point range compared to just three made threes out of 16 attempts (18.8%) by the Golden Knights.
- Saint Anselm shot a perfect 11 of 11 (100%) at the free throw line, while Saint Rose made six of nine (66.7%) at the stripe.
- The Golden Knights out-rebounded the Hawks, 44-37, despite the loss and also grabbed 13 offensive boards. Saint Rose committed 12 turnovers in the game compared to 10 committed by Saint Anselm. The Hawks managed to block eight shots on the defensive end.
- Saint Rose also outscored Saint Anselm in the paint, 40-32, and in fastbreak points, 14-8. Bench points were all tied up, 12-12.
- Morissette led Saint Anselm with a game-high 26 points (7-16 FG, 5-13 3PT, 7-7 FT) while also grabbing five rebounds. Arbuckle added 17 points (5-18 FG, 3-8 3PT, 4-4 FT) and dished out six assists. Taylor contributed 12 points (5-7 FG, 2-4 3PT), seven rebounds, and two blocked shots. Archer had 10 points and five rebounds, while McCarthy finished with nine points.
- Three Saint Rose players finished with over 10 points, led by Christian-Pierre Louis who had 17 points and 11 rebounds.
- This marked the 40th all-time meeting between these two programs. Saint Anselm is now 24-16 overall against Saint Rose. Unless the teams meet in the postseason, this was the final matchup between the Hawks and Golden Knights with the College of Saint Rose closing at the end of the academic year.
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