YORK, PA – The York College men's basketball team dropped their fifth straight as the Marymount University Saints ran away from the Spartans late to record a 72-53 Capital Athletic Conference win on Saturday in York.

The Saints improve to 5-8 overall and 2-4 in the league while the Spartans stand at 6-7 overall and are also 2-4 in the conference.

The first half was tightly contested with a number of possessions that used a majority of the shot clock before any shots were attempted. York took their biggest lead of the game, 16-12, on a Matt Scamuffo (Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks South) lay up with 10:04 left in the opening half. The squads would go back and forth over the next eight minutes before the Saints outscored York 7-3 over the final three minutes of the half as they took a 29-24 lead at the break.

The Saints came out of the break and slowly started started to pull away from York as the Spartans struggled to score. The Saints outscored the Spartans 15-8 in the opening seven minutes of the second half, pushing out to a 44-32 lead. The Spartans trimmed their deficit to seven at 47-40 on a Dalton Myers (Finksburg, Md./Westminster) three but that would be as close as they got the rest of the way.

Marymount pushed the lead to 14 with 2:35 left but York scored a quick six points to cut the lead to eight at 59-51. The Saints would close out the game with a 13-2 run thanks to 16 free throw attempts over the final 2:05, making the score far more lopsided than it truly was.

D'Ondre Stockman led the Saints with a game-high 23 points in his 38 minutes of play. Stockman was 5-for-11 from the floor including 3-for-7 from three. He finished the game 10-for-11 from the free throw line. Danny Ferry killed the Spartans from distance as he finished the game with 14 points including four three-point field goals. Rick Narcisse was the third Saint in double figures with 11 points while he also had four rebounds, two blocks and a steal in 29 minutes of action. Colin Burkhart chipped in with eight points, seven rebounds, four assists, three steals, and a blocked shot in a very efficient performance.

Myers once again led the Spartans as the conference's leading scorer tossed in 20 points despite facing a Marymount defense determined to stop him. Myers was 6-for-10 from the floor including a three pointer. He converted 7-of-8 at the free throw line while he also had three rebounds, a blocked shot and a steal. Scamuffo was the other Spartan in double figures with 10 points. Blayde Reich (Lebanon, Pa./Lebanon) led the Spartans on the glass with six caroms while he also had five points.

York returns to action on Wednesday night when they travel to St. Mary's City to face the Seahawks in a conference contest. Tip time from the ARC Arena is set for 8:00 pm.

Dalton Myers photo courtesy of David Sinclair