News Release

ST. MARY'S CITY, MD — The St. Mary's College men's basketball team dropped a 74-63 Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) decision to Marymount University on Wednesday evening. With the win, the Saints improve to 9-10 overall and 3-6 in the conference while the Seahawks fall to 8-11 overall and 3-6 in league play with the loss.

The Seahawks fell behind early and were never able to fully recover through the remainder of the contest. Sophomore guard Tyson Lesesne gave St. Mary's their only lead of the contest at 2-0 to open the game.

Marymount responded with a 14-2 run to claim a lead that they would not relinquish the rest of the contest.

Senior guard Corey Diamond led the Saints with a game-high 22 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore guard Brandon Parker added 18 points with five rebounds while sophomore guard Marc Mazzuchi contributed with 11 points and a game-high six assists.

Lesesne posted 19 points to lead the Seahawks. Junior guard Valdez Preston scored 11 points while freshman center Calvin Wise continued his fine play with a double-double of ten points and game-high 11 rebounds.

St. Mary's will return to action on Saturday, February 4, when they host Catholic in yet another CAC contest. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.

Newspaper Box Score
Marymount vs St. Mary's (MD)
02/01/06 8:00 pm at St. Mary's City, MD - ARC Arena
At St. Mary's City, MD - ARC Arena
MARYMOUNT 74, ST. MARY'S (MD) 63
MARYMOUNT (9-10, 3-6 CAC)
Corey Diamond 8-15 5-6 22; Brandon Parker 7-8 4-4 18; Marc Mazzuchi 3-9 4-4
11; Kyle O'Connor 3-4 2-2 9; Mike Gray 2-5 0-0 4; Bryant Majors 1-2 1-2 4;
Charles Atakora 1-6 0-0 2; Kevin Whitehead 0-1 2-2 2; Pooyan Rahimi 1-2 0-0
2. Totals 26-52 18-20 74.
ST. MARY'S (MD) (8-11, 3-6 CAC)
Tyson Lesesne 5-14 8-9 19; Valdez Preston 4-10 0-2 11; Calvin Wise 1-5 8-10
10; Tommy Bushell 2-3 1-2 5; Kyle Sullivan 2-4 1-1 5; Dan Engelstad 2-4 0-1
4; T.J. Jordan 1-7 0-0 3; Ryan Carr 1-2 0-0 3; Spencer Way III 1-3 0-2 3;
Chris Moderacki 0-0 0-0 0; Dino Vilson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-52 18-27 63.
Marymount.....................   38   36  -   74
St. Mary's (MD)...............   29   34  -   63
3-point goals-Marymount 4-11 (Marc Mazzuchi 1-2; Kyle O'Connor 1-2; Corey
Diamond 1-5; Bryant Majors 1-1; Pooyan Rahimi 0-1), St. Mary's (MD) 7-28
(Valdez Preston 3-9; Spencer Way III 1-3; Ryan Carr 1-2; Tyson Lesesne 1-6;
T.J. Jordan 1-6; Dan Engelstad 0-1; Kyle Sullivan 0-1). Fouled
out--Marymount-None, St. Mary's (MD)-None. Rebounds-Marymount 39 (Corey
Diamond 9), St. Mary's (MD) 29 (Calvin Wise 11). Assists-Marymount 13 (Marc
Mazzuchi 6), St. Mary's (MD) 9 (T.J. Jordan 2; Valdez Preston 2; Dan
Engelstad 2). Total fouls-Marymount 23, St. Mary's (MD) 19. A-249