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COLCHESTER, VT-The College of Saint Rose rallied from an early 15 point deficit to win its fifth straight with today's 80-62 victory at Northeast-10 Conference rival Saint Michael's. The Golden Knights (17-4/9-3 NE10) shot better than 50.0 percent from the floor for the third straight time and forced the Purple Knights into 24 miscues that they turned into 25 points.
 
"After a flat start today our guys picked up their energy and did an excellent job of battling a tough-minded and high scoring Saint Michael's team. We had excellent balance on both ends of the court as well," said head coach Brian Beaury.
 
Junior forward Jack Jones scored 18 points, nine in each half, to lead six Saint Rose players in double-figures. Senior guard Damon Coleman tossed in 14 while senior forward Tyler Sayre and junior forward Julian Lipinski each finished with a dozen. Also, junior guard Mical-Ryan Boyd and senior guard Chris Dorgler added 10 apiece.
 
Saint Michael's made nine of its first 13 field goal attempts to jump out to a 21-6 lead eight minutes in, before Saint Rose responded with a 17-4 jaunt to cut its deficit to a bucket, 25-23, with 7:35 to go until halftime. Junior guard Jamaal Greenwood canned a jumper in the paint to ignite the run and Dorgler buried a jumper off a feed from sophomore guard Shane Herrity to cap it.
 
A minute later, Coleman connected from long range and Dorgler came up with a steal that the former finished. The Golden Knights subsequently never trailed again.
 
Saint Rose ultimately outscored the Purple Knights 34-10 throughout the final 12:39 to go in the locker room up 40-31 at the break.
 
Saint Michael's managed to get back to within seven, 44-37, in the opening three minutes of the second stanza after sophomore guard Levi Holmes III knocked down a 3-pointer. Four minutes later, the Purple Knights clawed back to within six, 52-46, when senior forward Matt Bonds hit a pair from the foul line.
 
However, the Golden Knights kept their poise and scored nine unanswered points to increase their lead to 15, 61-46, with 9:51 left. It then remained a double-digit ballgame the rest of the way.
 
Bonds wound up with a "double-double" behind 13 points and 12 rebounds, while Holmes scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Purple Knights.
 
Looking ahead, Saint Rose returns home Wednesday to face conference rival Bentley. The second half of the NE10 doubleheader gets underway at 7:30 pm. The first 200 Saint Rose students in attendance for the twin-bill will receive a free Golden Knights t-shirt. Meanwhile, Saint Michael's has a 5:30 pm meeting Tuesday at New Haven.

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Notes: Both teams coincidentally scored the same number of points in each half with Saint Rose putting up 40 and the Purple Knights 31…The Golden Knights held Saint Michael's to 15.4 points below its season scoring average…They have now won eight of their last nine…Today was the second time this year Saint Rose put six players in twin-figures…The Golden Knights also pulled off the feat during a 90-72 win versus Philadelphia University back on December 17…It was furthermore the sixth time they had at least five in double-digits and the 13th time they had four players in double-figures scoring…Today Sayre moved past former All-American Steve Dagostino ('08) into sixth place on the all-time scoring chart with 1,635 points…He needs 20 more to move ahead of Jermaine Henderson ('98)…The Golden Knights shot 50.8 percent (32-for-63) from the floor this afternoon, the ninth time this season they have made more than 50.0 percent of their field goal attempts…Saint Rose is eighth in the country with an NE10 leading 78.9 free throw percentage…The Golden Knights also pace the league in scoring defense (65.8), are second in rebound margin (+3.6), and third in 3-point field goal percentage (40.6) and steals (6.0)…Eight players are seeing at least an average of 11.5 minutes of playing time and six are scoring between 13.0 and 8.0 points per game with Boyd leading the way.

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