St. Mary's Defeats Hood for Fourth Consecutive Win

Camontae Griffin

Box Score

St. Mary's City, Md. - The St. Mary's College of Maryland men's basketball team won its fourth consecutive contest with an 84-63 Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) victory over Hood College Wednesday evening.

The win was also the 13th consecutive home victory for the Seahawks. St. Mary's (17-4, 10-2 CAC) has not lost at home in over a calendar year since a 72-70 loss to Marymount (Va.) University back on January 30, 2008.

St. Mary's shot a blistering 54.0 percent in the contest by connecting on 34 of their 63 attempts from the field, while limiting the Blazers to just 35.7 percent from the field on 20-of-56.

Four players scored in double figures for the Seahawks, led by junior guard Camontae Griffin (Baltimore, Md./Dunbar) who poured in a game-high 24 points on 10-of-18 shooting. Sophomore guard Alex Franz (Catonsville, Md./Cardinal Gibbons) scored 14 points to go with a game-high six assists, while sophomore forward Mike Fitzpatrick (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) also scored 14 points in addition to his six rebounds. Freshman guard James Davenport (Baltimore, Md./Loyola Blakefield) contributed 11 points off the bench for the Seahawks.

St. Mary's also held a 46-30 advantage on the glass as sophomore forward/center Mike Bowden (Columbia, Md./Long Reach) grabbed a game-high tying nine rebounds for the Seahawks.

Hood (6-15, 3-9 CAC) was led by senior guard Tim Abercrombie (Walkersville, Md./Gov. Thomas Johnson) with 14 points. Freshman guard Garrett Williams (Hampstead, Md./North Carroll) finished with 12 points and junior forward J'Air Brady (Frederick, Md./Gov. Thomas Johnson) added 11 points in the loss for the Blazers.

The Seahawks will return to action this Saturday with a home CAC contest against York College of Pennsylvania. The contest is scheduled to begin at 4:00 following the women's game which begins at 2:00. The contest has been identified as part of the WBCA Pink Zone^TM initiative to help raise awareness and donations to fight breast cancer. All proceeds received through ticket sales and donations will be donated to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund. Informational pamphlets and brochures will also be given out at the arena entrance.