ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. – Team captains Daryn Alexander (Twinbrook, Md./Richard Montgomery) and Hollique Johnson (Glen Burnie, Md./Old Mill) recorded double-doubles as the St. Mary's College of Maryland men's basketball team returned to the win column Saturday afternoon (Dec. 2). St. Mary's College (4-4, 1-0 UEC) knocked off defending United East Conference champion, Lancaster Bible (2-4, 1-1 UEC), 81-79, to open United East action with a win.
 
How It Happened

• It was a tight first half with the biggest lead of the first 20 minutes being a six-point lead three times by Lancaster Bible, first at the nine-minute mark, next at 7:49, and again at 6:55.
• Back-to-back three-pointers by Johnson and first-year guard James Lerner (Herndon, Va./Maret) knotted the game at 20-20 with 6:12 to go in the half.
• The Chargers could not shake St. Mary's, mustering a 30-26 lead at 1:48 before the Seahawks used a 5-2 spurt to pull within one with 31 ticks on the clock.
• Maureon Tisdale-Couch sent LBC into the break with a 34-31 advantage with a layup as time expired.
• St. Mary's claimed its first lead since the 18:15 minute mark in the first half as sophomore guard Micah Henry's (Laurel, Md./Hammond) jumper put the Seahawks up 35-34 less than two minutes into the second half.
• The teams traded leads for the next five minutes before an Alexander triple at 13:04 handed St. Mary's the lead for good. Alexander's bucket sparked a 26-15 run over the next eight minutes and the Seahawks boasted their biggest lead of the game, 73-60, with 5:01 left in the game.
• Lancaster Bible continued to battle, and Luke Rumbaugh closed the gap to two (77-75) with 56 seconds to go as Rumbaugh's four-point play capped a 15-4 run by the Chargers.
• LBC missed three of its final five shots while the Seahawks went 4-for-6 at the free throw line for the 81-79 final.

 
Inside the Box Score

• St. Mary's dominated the glass with a season-high 56 rebounds for a +23-rebounding margin.
• The Chargers notched a +6-turnover margin, but it was the host Seahawks who efficiently capitalized on the turnovers with 19 points off the 14 LBC miscues.
• St. Mary's controlled the key as they posted a 42-32 margin in points in the paint.

 
St. Mary's College Game Notes

• Johnson had himself a game as he led all rebounders with a career-best 18 boards and contributed a season-high 16 points for his second double-double of the season.
• Alexander finished with 12 points and a season-best 10 caroms while adding four assists and three steals.
• Henry put up a team-best 18 points plus four rebounds, a career-high three steals, and two assists.
• Senior forward Gary Grant (Washington, D.C./Thomas Stone [Md.]) came off the bench to chip in 10 points and eight rebounds while Lerner ended the afternoon with 10 points as well.
• In his first career start, sophomore forward Luke Adgei (Dumfries, Va./St. John Paul the Great) collected career-bests of nine points and five boards.

 
Lancaster Bible Game Notes

• The Chargers received 42 points from their bench players.
• Connor Storr paced all scorers with 19 points while Seth Beers added 16 points and eight rebounds in Lancaster Bible's first conference loss of the season.

 
Up Next for the Seahawks

• Dec. 9 vs. Cabrini (1-6) – St. Mary's City, Md. (MPOARC Arena) – 4 p.m. (Youth Day)

 
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