Middletown, Pa. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland men's basketball remains alone atop of the Capital Athletic Conference standings following Saturday's 70-58 road win over Penn State Harrisburg. This afternoon's win completed the Seahawks' series sweep of Harrisburg.

St. Mary's improves to 13-4 on the season with the win and owns a solid hold of first place in the CAC with a 10-2 mark. The Seahawks will be back in action on Wednesday, February 4th as the team travels to Fredericksburg, Virginia to face University of Mary Washington at 8:00 p.m. St. Mary's garnered a 65-53 win over UMW in front of its home fans on December 13th.

Senior captain Nicholas LaGuerre (Baltimore, Md./Lansdowne) led the team's offensive charge with game-high 29 points on 9-of-14 shooting, including four three-pointers, plus a 7-of-7 effort from the free throw line. Junior captain Troy Spurrier (Mt. Airy, Md./Glenelg) notched his first 20-point game of the season with a season-best 20 on 6-of-7 shooting and 8-of-11 from the line.

As a team, the Seahawks shot a season-high 60.5% from the field, including an impressive 53.8% from downtown. St. Mary's was sent to the line 24 times and posted a 70.8-free throw percentage with 17 makes.

The first half featured seven lead changes and five tied scores as the Lions (3-16, 3-9 CAC) notched the first basket of the game but St. Mary's claimed an 11-6 lead on a LaGuerre triple at 17:36. Harrisburg responded with an 11-3 run by connecting on three three-pointers to reclaim the lead. The two sides traded the lead the rest of the way as neither team held an advantage of more than four.

First-year guard Caleb Barwin (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt) drained a three-pointer to give the lead back to the Lions with 1:37 left in the half. Junior guard Tanner Brooks (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's School) knocked in the front end of two shots to knot the game at 1:16 before LaGuerre made good on a jumper with 15 seconds to go for a 33-31 SMCM halftime lead.

Brooks, who finished the game with 16 points, led all scorers with 13 in the first half while LaGuerre added a dozen and five steals. Junior forward Anthony Morgan (York, Pa./New Hope Academy) paced Harrisburg with eight points and five boards as the Lions owned a 14-10 rebounding margin in the first 20 minutes.

It was all St. Mary's in the second stanza as the Seahawks opened up with a 19-8 run to stake a 52-39 advantage at 12:51. The Lions closed the gap to six at 6:35 with a 12-7 run but would get no closer the rest of the way.

Morgan finished the afternoon with a double-double on 14 points and 10 boards while senior guard Joey Farthing (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) contributed 13. 

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