News Release

LEXINGTON, VA — Junior guard Justin Baker scored 22 points and added ten rebounds, both game highs, as the University of Mary Washington men's basketball team opened the 2005-06 season with a big 64-50 win over Southwestern (TX) University on Friday evening in the Washington & Lee University Tipoff Tournament. Southwestern was ranked #13 in the nation by DIII News in its preseason poll. The Eagles also got 15 points from junior guard A.J. Fitzgerald and 13 points from Mike Lee.
Southwestern possessed the lead for much of the first half, but the Eagles were able to draw even just before halftime. The lead switched hands several times in the second half, but the Eagles extended the lead to as many as eighteen. For the game, UMW held Southwestern to just 33.3% shooting from the floor, and their All-American guard, Aaron Bowser, to just 5-20 shooting. Fitzgerald also added seven rebounds and five assists for UMW.
The Eagles will face the winner of Friday's second game between W&L and Manhattanville on Saturday at 8 pm in the tournament championship.

BOX, PLAY-BY-PLAY:
http://athletics.umw.edu/mbk/0506/umwmb-01.htm