Marymount University

SALISBURY, Md. — Marymount (1-1) defeated Salisbury (1-1) 66-61 on Tuesday night after using a 21-0 second-half run to erase a 14-point deficit.

The Saints held a 47-27 rebounding advantage and scored 40 bench points.

Saints Top Performers

Miles Phillips
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- 25 points
- 6/10 field goals made
- 11/12 free throws made
- 5 rebounds

Joshua Hughes
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- 10 points
- 5/7 field goals made
- 6 rebounds
- 2 blocks

Austin Williams
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- 8 points
- 4 rebounds
- 2 steals
- 2 assists

After Salisbury hit two early 3-pointers for a 6-2 lead, the Saints answered with an 8-0 run, getting two baskets from Joshua Hughes, a Jerome Lowrey free throw and a Miles Phillips 3-pointer to move ahead 10-6 at 15:57. Salisbury came back to tie it at 14 on Jamal Miles' layup at 12:13, and the teams traded the lead through the middle of the half, with R.J. Jones' free throws tying it at 16 and Austin Williams' layup putting the Saints up 18-16 before Miles' 3-pointer put Salisbury back in front 19-18. Phillips later scored inside and made two free throws to give the Saints a 22-21 lead at 4:36, but Alexavier Saunders answered with a 3-pointer and Salisbury added baskets by Miles around an Avery Oduro-Dompreh layup to move ahead 31-24 at 1:39. Phillips made two free throws at 1:11 and Carl Highsmith Jr. added one with six seconds left, leaving the Saints down 31-27 at halftime.

The Saints briefly moved in front twice early in the second half, with Hughes finishing a fast-break layup off Austin Williams' steal for a 32-31 lead and adding a putback for a 34-33 edge at 18:09. Salisbury came back with Tyler Ball's 3-pointer, added perimeter baskets from Alexavier Saunders, Ball and Jamison Graves, and, after Jase Mosley's putback, got an Elijah Bryan jumper to go ahead 51-37 at 12:36. The Saints answered with a 21-0 run, including free throws and a 3-pointer from R.J. Jones, a Phillips layup that tied it 51-51 at 7:31, Williams' layup for a 53-51 lead and Phillips' 3-pointer for a 58-51 advantage at 5:03. After Joey Lutz's 3-pointer cut the margin to 60-56, Williams stole the ball and made two free throws at :46, and although Salisbury got back within 63-60 on Jamal Miles' layup, Phillips made two free throws at :06 to finish the Saints' 66-61 win.

Up next, the Saints travel to Frederick, Md., to face Hood College on Friday, Nov. 13, at noon at Woodsboro Bank Arena.