Frostburg State Edges Men's Basketball For Third Time in Shootout, 81-77

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OWINGS MILLS, Md. - The Frostburg State duo of DeSean Antoine and Maurice Williams outdueled the Stevenson duo of senior Greg Woody (Baltimore/Mount Saint Joseph) and freshman Joe Hindle (Clarksville/River Hill) as the four players combined for 112 points while Frostburg State snapped its seven-game road losing streak with an 81-77 victory Saturday at Owings Mills Gymnasium.

Hindle scored 26 points and six rebounds, both career-highs, in his first career start for the Mustangs (5-14, 1-9 CAC) while Woody totaled 27 points, four rebounds, four assists and four steals.

Meanwhile, Antoine led all scorers with a career-high 31 points in second career start, 21 of which came on a school record seven three-pointers. He had 20 points and six three-pointers in the first half as the Bobcats led 43-36 at halftime.

Playing in just his sixth game this season, Antoine had made just 1-of-10 from behind the arc before Saturday.

Williams finished with 28 points and nine rebounds and is averaging 29.0 points over his last two games after scoring a career-high 30 in an overtime loss to York (Pa.) on Thursday.

Frostburg State (8-12, 3-8 CAC) shot 54.2 percent from the floor and had eight three-pointers while Stevenson hit 36.7 percent of its attempts with 11 three-pointers. Both teams also attempted 30 free throws.

The Mustangs trailed by as many as 13 with 4:23 remaining in the second half before a 13-3 run cut the deficit to just three, 76-73 with 48 seconds left. Woody had five points to key the run while Hindle and sophomore Andrew Bishop (Lothian/Southern) each had three.

A layup by Ellis Hartridge pushed the lead to five with 27 seconds to play before the Bobcats were able to seal its third victory in three meetings with Stevenson this season by hitting three of four free throw attempts in the final 19 seconds.

Antoine, Williams, Woody and Hindle combined for 112 of the game's 158 points and 70 of the game's 108 shots. Sophomore Danny Murphy (Severn/Glen Burnie) added 14 points and eight rebounds for the Mustangs.

Hartridge finished with 10 points for Frostburg State while Mhabhushah Koffa had a game-high 12 rebounds.

Stevenson looks to snap its nine-game CAC losing streak on Monday when they travel to Salisbury for a 6:00 p.m., tipoff against the Sea Gulls in a game that was rescheduled from Wedneday.

The Mustangs scored the game's final 17 points en route to a 70-64 victory between the two teams back on November 23.