MOUNT ST. MARY'S (0-0) at HOOD (0-0)
EXHIBITION GAME
Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 7 pm
Frederick, Md. | Woodsboro Bank Arena
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MOUNT STORY LINES
- Mount St. Mary's, the defending Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion, opens the season with an exhibition matchup at Hood on October 29. The Mountaineers finished the 2024-25 season with a 23-13 record, setting the school record for wins since moving to NCAA Division I in 1988-89. The only other 20-win seasons in the Mount's D1 era came in 1995-96 (21-8) and 2016-17 (20-16).
- This will be the fifth meeting between the Mount and Hood, with all five coming as exhibition games. The Mount is 4-0 against the Blazers, including an 87-81 victory on November 1, 2018, at Knott Arena. This will be the first time the Mount has played at Hood.
- Mount St. Mary's is 14-10 all-time in games played in Frederick, Md., with all 24 of those contest being played at the Frederick Armory between 1936 and 1950. This will be the Mount's first game in Frederick since a 77-62 loss to Bridgewater (Va.) on February 11, 1950. The Mount's last win in Frederick came on February 7, 1950, an 80-62 victory over Baltimore.
- The Mount's top two returnees are guards Xavier Lipscomb and Arlandus Keyes. Lipscomb averaged 6.8 points, 4.3 assists and 4.2 rebounds while leading the team in minutes last year. Keyes averaged 6.8 points and 3.3 rebounds last year in 32 games. He was a key contributor in the Mount's playoff run, averaging 12.6 points over the Mount's five postseason games.
- Head coach Donny Lind led the Mount to 23 wins in his first season in Emmitsburg, the most wins in program history by a Mount coach in their debut season. The previous mark was set by Jim Phelan, who led the Mount to a 22-3 record in his first season in 1954-55.
- Arlandus Keyes found his shooting touch last year once the calendar turned to 2025. Keyes shot 41.0 percent (41-for-100) after January 1 from beyond the arc after opening his Mount career by going 7-for-33 (.212) over his first 12 contests.
- Mount St. Mary's opens the 2025-26 season at West Virginia on Tuesday, November 4, at 7:00 p.m. This will be the Mount's seventh all-time meeting with West Virginia, and the fifth time the two teams will meet in the season opener. The Mount is 0-6 against WVU, falling 76-58 in the last meeting on November 7, 2022. The game will air on ESPN+.
