The St. Thomas Aquinas College men's basketball team captured a 91-77 East Coast Conference victory over Mercy College at Aquinas Hall. The Spartans are now a perfect 3-0 overall and in ECC play to start the season, and extended their overall win streak to six dating to last season. With losses in both ends of their season-opening series, Mercy slips to 0-2, 0-2.

Coming off Saturday's 119-77 victory, an early run sparked STAC to a 10-3 lead and a pair of Jamal Barnes three-pointers opened that gap to 19-5. The high-scoring Spartans then went just over three minutes without a point and Mercy's Kerwin Prince scored to draw within 19-11 midway through the half. It was then the Mavericks' turn to endure a three-minute drought and STAC answered with eight straight with Barnes adding two more shots from deep in the midst of a decisive 18-2 run to expand to a 37-13 margin.

ECC Player of the Week Grant Singleton's three gave the hosts a 42-17 advantage with just under three to play before cruising to halftime with a 44-21 lead. Demetre Roberts added a trey just over three minutes into the half as the Spartans maxed their lead at 54-25 before cruising to the finish. Singleton led five STAC players in double-figures with 19 points, aided by Roberts (18), Barnes (15), Louis Griffith (10), and Elijah Bovell (10), while Singleton and Kobe Opoku shared the game-high in rebounds with eight each. Kerwin Prince was again the standout for Mercy with a game-high 24 points.

Schedule Alert - Games scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, February 9 vs. Bloomfield and Thursday, February 11 at American International College have both been POSTPONED. The Spartans hit the road for a weekend pair at Roberts Wesleyan College before closing out their season series at Mercy on Wednesday, February 17. Their next home games are Saturday and Sunday, February 20 and 21, against Molloy College.