Box
Score
Dover, Del. - Senior guard Camontae
Griffin (Baltimore, Md./Dunbar) poured in a game-high 27
points while No. 20 St. Mary's College of Maryland closed out the
game on a 15-6 run to post an 81-74 victory over Wesley College
Saturday afternoon as the Seahawks remain second in the Capital
Athletic Conference standings.
Junior Rudy Thomas (Milton, Del./Sussex Tech)
provided Wesley with its second lead of the game as
Thomas' two free throws at 4:07 tied the game and
then his layup at 3:43 gave his squad a 68-66 advantage. St.
Mary's took it from there as Griffin's two free
throws sparked the 15-6 run that lifted his team to their fifth
consecutive victory while junior center Sam Burum
(Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) notched six points in the run.
Guards Alex Franz (Catonsville, Md./Cardinal
Gibbons) and James Davenport (Owings Mills,
Md./Loyola Blakefield) also finished in double figures for the
Seahawks (11-2, 4-1 CAC) with 12 points each.
Davenport's contribution off the bench was a
season-high for the sophomore guard while Franz
added game-highs of five steals and four assists. Forwards
Johann Jones (Severn, Md./Meade Senior) and
Brian Grashof (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West)
each pulled down a team-best seven rebounds while
Jones matched a career-best with three assists.
The Seahawks started off with a quick 7-2 lead before four
points from senior forward Alphonzo Wright (Dover,
Del./Polytech) staked Wesley's only advantage of the first half,
8-7, at 14:57. Following freshman Paul
Reynolds (Smyrna, Del./Smyrna) three-point play for a
15-15 draw at 9:13, the visitors set the tone for the remainder of
the first half with an 11-2 run in a two-minute span.
Wesley (7-6, 1-4 CAC) would get no closer than 30-24 at 3:44 as
St. Mary's stretched its lead to 10 (39-29) before heading into
halftime with a 39-30 margin. The Seahawks connected on a
majority of their shots in the first half, shooting 51.9% from the
floor and 90% from the free throw line.
Thomas and Reynolds led the
Wolverines 21 points apiece while Wright added a
game-high nine boards and eight points.
The Seahawks showed why they are the conference leaders in
three-point field goal percentage as their perimeter defense held
Wesley to a dismal 2-of-18 from downtown. However, the
Wolverines, who are third in the same category, were unable to slow
down the visitors as St. Mary's connected on 41.7% (5-of-12) of its
long-range shots.
The Seahawks will return to action next Wednesday, January 13 as
St. Mary's hosts the University of Mary Washington in another
conference tilt at 8:00 pm.
