YORK, PA – The York College men's basketball squad picked up a huge 72-65 Capital Athletic Conference win over the University of Mary Washington on Saturday afternoon at Wolf Gymnasium in York. The Spartans have now won a season-high three straight games.

RECORDS

York (Pa.): 5-1, 2-0 CAC

Mary Washington: 4-2, 1-1 CAC

TEAM STATS

FG Shooting (%): York 26-for-58 (44.8%), UMW 24-for-63 (38.1%)

Three Point Shooting (%): York 4-for-19 (21.1%), UMW 4-for-22 (18.2%)

Free Throw Shooting (%): York 16-for-22 (72.7%), UMW 13-for-20 (65%)

Rebounding: York 42, UMW 39

Assists: York 8, UMW 6

Turnovers: York 17, UMW 11

Blocked Shots: York 4, UMW 2

Steals: York 5, UMW 12

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• The Spartans got on the board first but that lead would be short lived as UMW scored 13 of the first 19 points of the game to take a 13-6 lead. The Green and White went 2-for-their-first-17 from the floor to open the game as they were ice cold to begin the contest.

• York finally recaptured the lead on a Dalton Myers lay up with 5:56 left in the first half. The lead would bounce back and forth before the Green and White took a 29-27 lead on a pair of Myers free throws with 30 seconds left in the half. After a UMW free throw from Jacob Williams, senior Brad Wesner hit a huge floater from the left block with three seconds left in the half, giving York all the momentum and a 31-28 lead heading to the locker room.

• The Green and White got off to a quick start in the second half, pushing the lead to eight, just over two minutes into the stanza. The Eagles responded with an 8-0 run of their own to tie the game at 36 with 15:36 left in the game. York scored the next six points to take a 42-36 lead. Myers had a pair of lay ups, sandwiching a Jason Bady bucket for the Spartans.

• The Spartan lead vacillated between four and nine points over the next seven minutes of the game before Mary Washington cut the Spartan lead to one at 53-52 with 6:35 left in the game. The teams traded baskets and then York got back to back buckets from Myers and Matt Scamuffo to push the lead back to five with 3:19 left in the game. Eric Shaw hit a jumper in the lane but York answered with a pair of Myers free throws followed by a dagger three from Scamuffo to push the lead to eight with 1:53 left in the game.

• The Eagles made a late run at the Spartans with an Austin Hall triple, cutting the York lead to 68-65 with 38 ticks left on the clock. York closed out the win with two free throws from Scamuffo and two more from Darin Gordon, closing out the seven point win.

SPARTAN LEADERS

Dalton Myers: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 5-for-10 from the floor, 7-for-9 from the line

Matt Scamuffo: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 14 points in the second half

Blayde Reich: 14 points, 8 rebounds

Jason Bady: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocked shots

EAGLE LEADERS

Eric Shaw: 22 points, 9 rebounds, 1 blocked shot, 2 steals

Austin Hall: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal

John Lutkenhaus: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 1 blocked shot, 1 steal

Brent Mahoney: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals

GAME NOTES

The Spartans are now 35-33 all-time against the Eagles … the two teams split their series last year … Mary Washington was picked to finish third in the CAC as they received 67 points including one first place vote while the Spartans were picked to finish fifth with 42 points … the Spartans went 24-for-41 (58.5%) after their 2-for-17 start from the field … Matt Scamuffo scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half … Blayde Reich led York with 12 first half points … Dalton Myers' 17 points tied his season-high (at Franklin & Marshall) … York outrebounded their third straight opponent as they were plus three on the boards in the win … York had a season-low eight assists in the win, it's the first time they failed to get into double digits in assists … York committed 17 turnovers in the win as they are averaging 17 turnovers in their last four games … Mary Washington became the third team to shoot 30% or below from beyond the arc against the Spartans this season … last year in the game in York, the Spartans notched a 72-66 win, one point off Saturday's result … York has won three straight against UMW in York.

UP NEXT

The Spartans return to action on Sunday, December 11 at Christopher Newport University in a key Capital Athletic Conference match up. Tip time from the Freeman Center is slated for 4:00 pm.

AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS COURTESY OF DARRELL HENRY - THE VOICE OF THE SPARTANS

Dalton Myers photo courtesy of David Sinclair Photography