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COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Goldey-Beacom College men's basketball team evened its record at 1-1 as the Lightning defeated tournament host Saint Michael's College, 65-61 on Sat. night in the Doubletree Doc Jacobs Classic on Sat. night.

Freshman Marcus Porter led all scorers with 20 points on 9-of-20 shooting from the field while also pulling down seven rebounds. Sophomore guard A.J. Picard knocked down two long-range shots and continued to shoot well at the free-throw line, making 4-of-5 to finish with 12 points on the night. Graduate student Ido Yehuda also pitched in with a career-high 11 points, including the final two free-throws to seal the Lightning's victory.

Also playing key roles in the Lightning's victory were graduate student point guard Jordan Brooks with seven assists and junior forward Lawrence Livingston, who had a game-high 10 rebounds - the first double-figure rebounding game of his career.

Saint Michaels, who lost to their second straight Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference team to fall to 1-3 on the season, was led by three double-figure scorers: Mike Holton (17 points), Tyler Schilling (16 points) and Travis Warech (11 points).

The Purple Knights out-shot the Lightning 44-percent to 36-percent from the field and 89-percent (16-of-18) to 65-percent (17-of-26) from the foul line and also held a 37-33 rebounding edge, but Goldey-Beacom took much better care of the basketball with just eight turnovers to SMC's 18 while also distributing the ball more efficiently (11-7 assists).

Trailing 40-31 as the game approached the 13-minute mark of the second half,  Yehuda's layup jumpstarted a 16-6 Lightning surge over the next six minutes whereby GBC toook its first lead in the frame, 47-46 on freshman guard Curtis Hopkins' layup. Six lead changes and five ties later, a layup by senior transfer Tariq Uqdah put the Lightning ahead to stay, 59-57 with exactly one minute showing on the clock.  Picard and Yehuda would combine to make 5-of-6 at the line to ice the game for GBC.

The Lightning outscored their Northeast-10 opponent 34-29 in the second half after trailing 32-31 at the intermission. The first half featured 14 lead changes and four ties as neither team ever led by more than three. A buzzer-beating jumper by the Knights' Corey Crawford gave Saint Michael's a one-point halftime lead. Porter scored 16 of his game-high 20 in that first frame.

For the game, a very opportunistic Lightning squad turned 18 Saint Michaels turnovers into 17 points and their 11 offensive rebounds into 16 second-chance points, while GBC reserves made the most of their minutes, outscoring SMC's bench, 21-9.

The Lightning go on the road Tues. night to take on non-conference foe Lincoln University (Pa.) for a 7 p.m. tip.