Standish, ME - Five players scored in double figures to lift the SJC men's basketball team to a 99-82 win over Maine Fort Kent. GR Chad Pulkkinen (Windham, ME) became the 28th player in St. Joe's history to reach the 1,000-point milestone and led the Monks with a game-high 22 points.

Also getting into the record books was SO Elbie Murphy (Loudonville, NY) who broke the single-season steals record with his 112th theft of the season. The previous record was 111 set by Alan Fields (1990-91). Murphy notched his third double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds.

The Monks (17-6) started the game off with a bang thanks to a dunk by SR Marcus Alexander (Niceville, FL) to open the scoring. SO Scot Vachon (Schenectady, NY) kept St. Joe's on track, recording 5 of his 11 points to take a 12-3 lead early. Murphy stretched it to 35-19 with a jumper at 4:22 and a trey by SR Matt Plummer (Naples, ME) sent the Monks into the break with a 50-35 advantage.

St. Joe's maintained a 16-point lead for the first 10 minutes of the second half, but the Bengals (15-10) used an 8-2 run to close the gap to 7 points after a three-point play by JR Gediminas Sumyla (Vilnius, Lithuania) made it 71-64 at 8:42.

The Monks regained command with an 11-2 run of their own to go up 82-66 with 6:16 to play. SR Colby Emmons (Portland, ME) scored 8 of his 10 points in the half en route to his first double-double of the season (10 points, 13 rebounds) and helped seal the victory.