EMMITSBURG, Md. (AP) - Rashad Whack scored 22 points and Julian Norfleet added 21 as Mount St. Mary's defeated Central Connecticut State 89-80 Saturday to sweep their Northeast Conference season series.
The game featured a matchup of two players who had scored more than 40 points two nights earlier. Sam Prescott, who had 44 points for the Mountaineers (12-13, 7-7) in an 84-70 win over Bryant, had 18 this time. Kyle Vinales, who scored 42 for the Blue Devils (10-14, 6-7) in their 101-82 loss to Wagner, had 24 in this one.
CCSU led 44-43 early in the second half before Mount St. Mary's ran off the next 11 points, with Whack scoring five and Prescott four.
The Blue Devils got to within 56-52 with 12:40 left, but Shivaughn Wiggins' layup and Prescott's 3-pointer restored a nine-point margin.
Brandon Peel had 13 points and 11 rebounds for CCSU. Matt Hunter also had 13 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Central Connecticut State (10-14) | 42 | 38 | 80 |
| Mount St. Mary's (12-13) « | 41 | 48 | 89 |
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| Central Connecticut State Blue Devils | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Allen, F | 34 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| B. Peel, F | 24 | 5-10 | 3-4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| K. Vinales, G | 39 | 10-19 | 2-5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 24 |
| M. Hunter, G | 36 | 6-20 | 1-2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| M. McMillan, G | 32 | 4-10 | 1-1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Efese | 26 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| A. Hurd | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Andrade | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 34-72 | 9-15 | 45 | 10 | 17 | 80 | |
| 47.2% | 60% | ||||||
| Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Barber, F | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Wiggins, G | 36 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| J. Norfleet, G | 33 | 8-14 | 2-2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| R. Whack, G | 32 | 8-22 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| S. Prescott, G | 29 | 6-13 | 5-6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Parker | 21 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| T. Danaher | 16 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| K. Krajina | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| G. Graves | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34-74 | 12-18 | 40 | 13 | 16 | 89 | |
| 45.9% | 66.7% | ||||||
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