Box Score

St. Mary's City, Md. - Senior guard Stephanie Saint-Aubin (Bowie, Md./Elizabeth Seton) poured in a game- and season-high 27 points, including 17 in the first half, in leading St. Mary's College of Maryland to its first win of the season as the Seahawks posted a 73-67 non-conference victory over Shenandoah University Sunday afternoon.

Saint-Aubin shot 13-of-22 from the floor while picking up a season-best seven steals as she led a trio of Seahawks in double-digit scoring.  Freshman guard Pui Sham (Springfield, Va./W. Springfield) matched her season-high of 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting while junior guard Megan Seeman (Frederick, Md./Linganore) tallied a season-best of 15 points.  Senior center Alex Wenger (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall) led the Seahawks on the glass with a game-high 13 rebounds while adding four points and four assists.

St. Mary's (1-4) never trailed in the game as the Seahawks opened up with a 4-0 run and never looked back.  After Shenandoah's junior Sierra Edwards (Leesburg, Va./Herndon) knotted the game at 14-all with a lay-up at 12:52, the home team went on a  23-10 run to boast its biggest lead of 13 at 3:34 as Sham capped the run with a three-pointer.

However, the Hornets (2-2) chipped away at the 13-point deficit with strong defense, causing St. Mary's to commit two turnovers and miss three field goals in the final three minutes of the first half.  Shenandoah headed into the locker room down only 40-36.

The visitors finished with four players in double figures as senior forward Alexis Hargbol (Manassas, Va./Osbourn) paced the Hornets with 16 points and nine boards.  Edwards and senior guard Katherine Flint (Natural Bridge, Va./Rockbridge County) each posted 14 points while Flint dished out eight assists and grabbed six boards.  Edwards also added eight caroms as a reserve.  Sophomore guard Mandy Johnston (Herndon, Va./Oakton) rounded out the Hornet scorers with a dozen as well as five boards.

Hargbol's lay-up at 16:44 knotted the contest (44-44) for the fifth and final time as the Seahawks rebuilt a 13-point lead in a near 11-minute span as once again, Sham capped the run with a long-range shot.  Shenandoah, who finished 10-of-13 from the charity stripe for the game, closed the gap to four (71-67) yet again at 2:11 as Hargbol was 4-of-4 on free throws and Johnston knocked down a trey but Sham sealed the win with a pair of free throws with 27 seconds left on the clock.  Back-to-back three-point attempts by Johnston and Flint were off the mark and junior forward Jamie Roberts (Rockville, Md./The Barrie School) hauled in the defensive board from Flint's miss to preserve the Seahawk win.

As a team, St. Mary's shot 47.7% from the floor, including 52.9% in the first half, while defensively, the Seahawks forced 20 turnovers by the Shenandoah squad, who shot 42.2% from the floor.

St. Mary's will begin Capital Athletic Conference play this Wednesday, December 2 as the Seahawks travel to Arlington, Virginia to take on No. 20 Marymount University.  Tip-off is set for 6:00 pm.