NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College men's basketball team suffered its first defeat of the season, a 94-77 loss to No. 7 Keene State at The Nest on Tuesday evening. 

The loss snapped a five-game winning streak to open the season.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Keene State 94 | Albertus Magnus 77
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (5-1-0) | Keene State (5-1-0)
BOXSCORE

• HOW IT HAPPENED
  Keene State jumped out to a 16-7 lead over the first 4:17 of the first half after a three from Taheem Dupree. The Falcons scored the next six points, including four from Malcolm Duncanson (West Haven, Conn.) to make it a 16-13 game with 14:38 left. 
• The Owls jumped back up 22-15, but a 10-2 run led by six points from  Jeyson Slade (Stamford, Conn.) put the Falcons ahead, 25-24 almost halfway through the first half.
• The game stayed a one-possession affair for the next five minutes until a three from Spencer Aronson and a layup from Mason Jean Baptiste put Keene up 40-35. Justice Washington (Hamden, Conn.) scored four of the final six points of the half for Albertus but Keene took a 49-45 lead at the half. Washington finished with 12 points in the first half. Octavio Brito had 14 to pace Keene State in the first 20 minutes.
• Albertus and Keene were neck and neck over the first nine minutes of the second half as the Falcons took two one-possession leads, going up 58-57 on a jump shot from Tazhon Daniels at the 13:24 mark and up by two at 61-59 after a layup from Slade. Tazhon Daniels (New Haven, Conn.) scored nine of the first 16 points for Albertus in the second half.
• Keene State regained the lead less than a minute later on a pair of free throws by Octavio Brito and eventually went up 69-63 before an offensive rebound and put back by Washington made it a four point game again.
• It was the closest the Falcons would get the rest of the way, as Keene State went on a 16-7 run over the next 5:15 to take an 85-72 lead as Jeff Hunter and Dupree led the charge for the Owls. The Owls were able to pull away over the final minutes to get the win. 

TEAM STATS
Albertus Magnus: 35.3 FG% | 76.3 FT% | 0 3PT%
Keene State: 50.0 FG% | 76.0 FT% | 23.1 3PT% 

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES
Albertus Magnus

Tazhon Daniels 17 Points | 9-11 FT

Justice Washington 16 Points | 11 Rebounds | 8-13 FG

Antonio Bonilla (Tenafly, N.J.) 11 Points | 6 Rebounds

Jeyson Slade 10 Points | 3 Assists

Keene State

Jeff Hunter 22 Points | 18 Rebounds | 2 Blocks

Mason Jean Baptiste 17 | 4 Rebounds

Octavio Brito 16 Points | 5 Rebounds | 3 Assists

NOTEWORTHY

• The Falcons earned 41 votes in the first edition of the D3Hoops.com Top 25, placing them at 31st prior to the game.

• There were eight ties and ten lead changes.

• Albertus had 22 fastbreak points.

• The Falcons shot a season-best 76.3% from the line (29-38).

• Keene State leads the all-time series, 4-2.

• Washington notched his fourth double-double of the season.

UP NEXT
The Falcons open up their Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) schedule against Colby-Sawyer on the road on December 2 at 3 p.m.