Emmitsburg, Md. (November 16, 2024)--Five players scored in double figures as Mount St. Mary's grinded out a 66-58 win over Saint Francis at Knott Arena on Saturday night. The win moves the Mountaineers record to 3-1 this year, the team's best start to a season since opening the 1996-97 campaign with a 3-1 mark.
Terrell Ard Jr. and
Dallas Hobbs each scored 12 points to pace the Mount in the balanced scoring effort while
Dola Adebayo,
Xavier Lipscomb and
Javon Ervin each had 10 in the win. Adebayo added a career-best 13 rebounds for his first career double-double for the Mountaineers. Ard Jr. finished with nine rebounds and three assists while Hobbs had a solid stat line, chipping in six rebounds, five assists and three steals in addition to his 12 points. Ervin, a transfer from Peninsula College this season, scored all 10 of his points in the first half for the Mount, his first double figure game as a Mountaineer.
Leading 31-28 at the half, the Mount outscored the Red Flash (1-4), 19-to-7, in the opening eight minutes of the second half to take its biggest lead of the game, 51-35. Saint Francis fought back, whittling the Mount lead to 56-52 with just over four minutes left in the contest. Adebayo came up with a huge putback basket on the next possession, but Saint Francis responded on a Daemar Kelly bucket. Adebayo then hit two free throws to make it 60-54 with Lipscomb recording a key block on the defensive end on the ensuing possession. Ard Jr. then converted a putback of his own to extend the Mount's lead to eight. Saint Francis did not go away, scoring the next four points to slice the Mount's lead in half, 62-58, with 47.7 seconds on the clock. Lipscomb was fouled, and calmly sank both free throws to make it a six-point lead. The then clinched the win with two free throws with 8.0 seconds remaining.
GAME NOTES
- The Mount debuted their new black uniforms tonight.
- Adebayo recorded his first career double-double in the win with 10 points and a career-best 13 rebounds. It is his second career double-figure rebound game, the first was last season when he had 10 rebounds at Saint Francis.
- Mount St. Mary's held Saint Francis to 36.1 percent shooting (22-of-61) from the field, including just 6-of-30 (.200) from three-point range.
- The Mount held a 41-to-35 advantage on the boards.
- Mount St. Mary's has had five double-figures scorers in each of the past two games, the first time that has happened since February of last season against Manhattan and Quinnipiac.
- The game was part of the Hoya MTE. The final two games of the tournament will be the Mount at Georgetown on Wednesday and Saint Francis U at Georgetown on Saturday.
UP NEXT: Mount St. Mary's rounds out competition in the Hoya MTE, traveling to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night to face the host, Georgetown, at 8:30 p.m. The game will air live on Fox Sports 1.
Emmitsburg, Md. (November 16, 2024)--Five players scored in double figures as Mount St. Mary's grinded out a 66-58 win over Saint Francis at Knott Arena on Saturday night. The win moves the Mountaineers record to 3-1 this year, the team's best start to a season since opening the 1996-97 campaign with a 3-1 mark.
Terrell Ard Jr. and
Dallas Hobbs each scored 12 points to pace the Mount in the balanced scoring effort while
Dola Adebayo,
Xavier Lipscomb and
Javon Ervin each had 10 in the win. Adebayo added a career-best 13 rebounds for his first career double-double for the Mountaineers. Ard Jr. finished with nine rebounds and three assists while Hobbs had a solid stat line, chipping in six rebounds, five assists and three steals in addition to his 12 points. Ervin, a transfer from Peninsula College this season, scored all 10 of his points in the first half for the Mount, his first double figure game as a Mountaineer.
Leading 31-28 at the half, the Mount outscored the Red Flash (1-4), 19-to-7, in the opening eight minutes of the second half to take its biggest lead of the game, 51-35. Saint Francis fought back, whittling the Mount lead to 56-52 with just over four minutes left in the contest. Adebayo came up with a huge putback basket on the next possession, but Saint Francis responded on a Daemar Kelly bucket. Adebayo then hit two free throws to make it 60-54 with Lipscomb recording a key block on the defensive end on the ensuing possession. Ard Jr. then converted a putback of his own to extend the Mount's lead to eight. Saint Francis did not go away, scoring the next four points to slice the Mount's lead in half, 62-58, with 47.7 seconds on the clock. Lipscomb was fouled, and calmly sank both free throws to make it a six-point lead. The then clinched the win with two free throws with 8.0 seconds remaining.
GAME NOTES
The Mount debuted their new black uniforms tonight.
Adebayo recorded his first career double-double in the win with 10 points and a career-best 13 rebounds. It is his second career double-figure rebound game, the first was last season when he had 10 rebounds at Saint Francis.
Mount St. Mary's held Saint Francis to 36.1 percent shooting (22-of-61) from the field, including just 6-of-30 (.200) from three-point range.
The Mount held a 41-to-35 advantage on the boards.
Mount St. Mary's has had five double-figures scorers in each of the past two games, the first time that has happened since February of last season against Manhattan and Quinnipiac.
The game was part of the Hoya MTE. The final two games of the tournament will be the Mount at Georgetown on Wednesday and Saint Francis U at Georgetown on Saturday.
UP NEXT: Mount St. Mary's rounds out competition in the Hoya MTE, traveling to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night to face the host, Georgetown, at 8:30 p.m. The game will air live on Fox Sports 1.
