ST. PAUL, Minn. — Mike Keating had 25 points and 14 rebounds and Isaac Rosefelt finished with 20 points and four assists as first-place St. Thomas defeated the Scots 87-55 in the final men's basketball game in the 83-year-old history of the Macalester Gymnasium.

St. Thomas – the No. 6-ranked team in the D3Hoops.com poll, improves to 17-2 on the season and 13-1 in the MIAC. Macalester falls to 7-11 on the season, 4-9 in MIAC play.

Bryan Schnettler added 15 points and five assists for the Tommies, who shot 57% while holding Mac to a 35% figure on the day. UST out-scored Macalester 56-28 in points in the paint.

Tom Conboy netted 21 points, while Brad Liddell and Andy Stein added 11 apiece to pace Macalester. The Scots were just 6-for-31 on three-pointers for a 19% mark.

St. Thomas scored the game’s first 13 points before Mac got on the board 5:07 into the contest. Leading 34-25 with 2:35 left in the half, UST out-scored the hosts 12-3 over the remainder of the period to go up 46-28 at the intermission. UST’s lead in the second half was never in danger.

Macalester returns to action Wednesday (Jan. 13) at Concordia-Moorhead. The Tommies play Wednesday at home against Carleton.

St. Thomas vs Macalester
1/27/07 1:00 p.m. at St. Paul, Minn. (Macalester Gymnasium)
At St. Paul, Minn. (Macalester Gymnasium)
ST. THOMAS 87, MACALESTER 55
ST. THOMAS (17-2 / 13-1 MIAC)
Mike Keating 11-16 2-2 25; Isaac Rosefelt 9-14 2-3 20; Bryan Schnettler 6-14
1-1 15; Andy Dwyer 4-5 0-0 8; Lonnie Robinson 3-6 0-0 7; Alex McCoy 1-2 3-4
5; Brett Tuma 2-2 0-0 5; Matt Zittlow 1-1 0-0 2; Dan Grant 0-0 0-0 0; Tommy
Shimek 0-0 0-0 0; Josh Peltier 0-2 0-0 0; Grant Hennington 0-2 0-0 0; B.J.
Viau 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-65 8-10 87.
MACALESTER (7-11 / 4-9 MIAC)
Tom Conboy 10-19 0-0 21; Brad Liddell 4-12 0-0 11; Andy Stein 4-8 3-4 11;
Abe Woldeslassie 2-11 0-0 4; Paul Richie 1-5 0-0 3; Brian Ranwick 1-3 0-0 3;
Jesse Hollander 1-4 0-0 2; Eion Dando 0-0 0-0 0; Jerry Kraus 0-0 0-0 0; Nick
Hanks 0-1 0-0 0; Dan Rau 0-0 0-0 0; Lars Johnson 0-2 0-0 0; Ryan Palmer 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 23-65 3-4 55.
St. Thomas....................   46   41  -   87
Macalester....................   28   27  -   55
3-point goals-St. Thomas 5-14 (Bryan Schnettler 2-8; Brett Tuma 1-1; Mike
Keating 1-3; Lonnie Robinson 1-1; Grant Hennington 0-1), Macalester 6-31
(Brad Liddell 3-11; Tom Conboy 1-4; Brian Ranwick 1-3; Paul Richie 1-4; Lars
Johnson 0-2; Jesse Hollander 0-2; Abe Woldeslassie 0-5). Fouled out--St.
Thomas-None, Macalester-None. Rebounds-St. Thomas 42 (Mike Keating 14),
Macalester 28 (Jesse Hollander 7). Assists-St. Thomas 21 (Bryan Schnettler
5), Macalester 10 (Abe Woldeslassie 4). Total fouls-St. Thomas 6, Macalester
13. A-614
Final men's basketball game at 83-year-old Macalester Gymnasium.