St. Mary's City, Md. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland men's basketball team lost their second in a row to Salisbury University in Capital Athletic Conference competition. With the win, Salisbury (14-3, 7-3 CAC) splits the season series with the Seahawks (8-9, 4-6 CAC).

Sophomore captain Delaszo Smith (Baltimore, Md./Annapolis), coming off a career game, once again led the Seahawks with nine points, seven rebounds, and three assists while first-year guard Danny Canary (Silver Spring, Md./Montgomery Blair) also added nine points and season-best two assists. Smith's seven caroms helped St. Mary's post a 35-34 edge in the rebounding game.

Sophomore captain Marsalis Hurley (Cheltenham, Md./Frederick Douglass) and first-years James Foley (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis Area Christian) and Brendan Cavanagh (Centreville, Md./Queen Anne's County) contributed to the Seahawks' offensive by all tallying six points in the loss.

From the start of the game, it was all Sea Gulls with St. Mary's never leading in the game. Canary's second triple of the half pulled the Seahawks within two at 9:11 (13-11). Going into halftime, Salisbury ended on an 8-2 run for a 32-20 advantage at intermission.

Senior guard Adrien Straughn (New Carrollton, Md./Parkdale) and junior forward Gordon Jeter (Easton, Md./Easton) led all scorers at halftime with nine points each while Canary paced St. Mary's with six points.

Coming out of halftime, the Seahawks fought hard making a dent in the 12-point lead and closed the gap to eight points in the first six minutes. Salisbury went on a tear in the last 12 minutes, finishing the game on a 31-6 run.

Four Sea Gull starters scored in double digits with junior guard Justin Witmer (Gaithersburg, Md./Magruder) pouring in a game-high 15 points, five boards, two assists, and two blocks while Jeter finished up with a game-high nine rebounds, 14 points, and two assists.

The Seahawks' next bout will be this Saturday, January 30th as Southern Virginia University (6-11, 5-5 CAC) comes to town at 4:00 p.m. St. Mary's looks to claim the second of two games as the Southern Virginia Knights took the first game on January 6, 87-81.

Facebook: StMarysAthletics

Twitter: @smcseahawks, @SMCMHoops, #HawksFlyTogether

Instagram: @smcseahawks