YORK, PA – The York College men's basketball team got off to a great start and kept their foot on the gas as they rolled to an 81-66 Capital Athletic Conference win over St. Mary's College at Wolf Gymnasium on Wednesday night in York.

RECORDS

York (Pa.): 13-7, 8-5 CAC

St. Mary's: 10-10, 5-8 CAC

TEAM STATS

FG Shooting (%): York 28-for-63, SMC 23-for-61 (37.7%)

Three Point Shooting (%): York 13-for-30 (43.3%), SMC 6-for-15 (40%)

Free Throw Shooting (%): York 12-for-24 (50%), SMC 14-for-31 (45.2%)

Rebounding: York 40, SMC 49

Assists: York 22, SMC 8

Turnovers: York 17, SMC 18

Blocked Shots: York 10, SMC 1

Steals: York 10, SMC 13

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• The Green and White could not have gotten off to a better start. York scored the first nine points of the game and let 17-4 6:20 into the game. Darin Gordon, Matt Scamuffo, and Jared Wagner each had three pointers during that game-opening run.

• The Seahawks cut the Spartan lead to six with a 10-3 run but York quickly responded by pushing the lead back to 10 less than a minute later. St. Mary's again trimmed the York lead to six at 30-24 with 5:07 left. York closed out the half with a 16-5 run that turned the six-point lead into a 17-point bulge heading to the half. Brad Wesner, Jason Bady, and Scamuffo drilled three-pointers on the run as York took the big lead to the break.

• St. Mary's went on an early 6-1 run, cutting York's lead to 12 just under three minutes into the second half. The Spartans called timeout and preceded to go on a 13-2 run to push the lead to 23 with 11:50 left in the game. Kevin Callahan hit a three pointer with 4:13 left to increase the York lead to a game-high 24 points (76-52).

• The Spartan lead would hover in the 20's most of the second half until Danny Canary hit a pair of three pointers in the final minute of the game to make the final score appear a little closer than it really was.

SPARTAN LEADERS

Blayde Reich: 14 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocked shots

Matt Scamuffo: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals

Brad Wesner: 9 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, 3-for-9 from 3

Darin Gordon: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocked shots

Kevin Callahan: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 blocked shots, 1 steal

SEAHAWK LEADERS

Ochae Bynum: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 steals

Matt Ayoub: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal

Delaszo Smith: 8 points, 5 rebounds

Chris Craft: 8 points, 11 rebounds, 1 blocked shot, 1 steal

GAME NOTES

The Spartans are now 42-24 all-time against the Seahawks as York swept the season series from the Seahawks ... The Spartans have not swept St. Mary's in a season series since the 2007-08 season … York defeated the Seahawks 85-84 in OT on January 9, 2008 in St. Mary's City and then completed the sweep with 79-73 win in York on February 9, 2008 … the Spartans held the reigning CAC Player of the Week Lavonte Sanders to two points on 1-of-10 shooting including 0-of-6 from the free throw line … Sanders did pull down eight rebounds in 24 minutes of play … The Spartans improve to 6-3 at home including 4-3 in league play … York is now 9-3 when leading at the half … the Spartans shot 52.9% (18-for-34) from the floor in the first half including 8-for-17 (47.1%) from three in the opening 20 minutes of play … York is now 10-2 when they hold an opponent to under 45% shooting from the floor … the Spartans blocked a season-high 10 shots … the 10 blocked shots are just one short of a school record that was established during the 1982-83 season at Catholic … it ties for second place as the Green and White blocked 10 shots against Thiel on December 8, 2004 … York's 13 three pointers marked the fifth time this year that the Spartans have reached double figures in made three point field goals … the 13 threes were one short of the season high set in the 40 point romp over Southern Virginia at home on January 7 … ten of the 12 Spartans who played scored in the victory … freshman Kevin Callahan tied his career-high with eight points … Zack Galic had seven points and seven rebounds in just 15 minutes of work … Galic was 3-for-3 from the floor and 1-for-1 from the line … Matt Scamuffo's 13 points pushes his career total of 890 points … Scamuffo now has 142 career triples which ranks him eighth, one point back of Jason Saurbaugh (143) for seventh place … Scamuffo is four threes away from tying Jeff man for sixth place on the all-time list … Brad Wesner's second of his three pointers on the night gave him 100 career threes … Wesner has six games this year with three three-pointers or more in a game … Blayde Reich has reached double figures in scoring in seven of his last eight games … the Spartans led for 39:47 of the 40 minutes of the game … in the two games against St. Mary's, the Spartans have held the lead for 77:58 of a possible 80 minutes.

UP NEXT

The Spartans head back out on the road to start a three-game road swing on Saturday as York heads to Salisbury University on Saturday. The Spartans and Sea Gulls tip off from the Maggs Center at 4:00 pm.  The three game road trip matches the longest of the year. The Spartans opened the season with three road games.

Brad Wesner photo courtesy of David Sinclair Photography

Audio highlights courtesy of Darrell Henry