Arlington, Va. – Marymount University's men's basketball team closed out the first half of Capital Athletic Conference play with a 65-58 victory over visiting Salisbury on Wednesday night.  The Saints improve to 12-4 on the season and 5-3 in league play.

Reed Scott led the Saints with 18 points and seven rebounds while Antonio Rouse chipped in 13 points and Michael Anderson added 12 off the bench. 

Salisbury (6-10, 2-6 CAC) took the early lead, pushed to an 8-2 advantage two minutes in, and led 11-4 at the 16:41 mark.  Marymount battled back to tie things up courtesy of a 7-0 run and hung the Sea Gulls shot-for-shot until Rouse's three-pointer with five minutes to play gave the Saints their first lead up 24-23.  A Jesse Konadu three-pointer at the 2:58 mark gave the Saints a 29-23 lead, their largest of the half, before eventually taking a 35-30 advantage into halftime.

Coming out of the break, Marymount scored seven unanswered points to start the half to take a 42-30 lead just 2:36 in and force a Salisbury timeout.  The Sea Gulls would begin the chip away at the MU advantage from beyond the arc and pull within two down 48-46 with 9:50 remaining. 

Marymount then went on a 10-2 run over the next five minutes, capped by a pair of Anderson free throws, to regain momentum and lead 58-48.  Salisbury wouldn't come any closer than five points the rest of the way as Anderson closed things out at the free throw line. 

Brandyn Wilkerson led Salisbury with 18 points. 

Marymount returns to action on Saturday as begins the second half of CAC competition at home against #24 St. Mary's (Md.).  Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. and fans can follow the action live by logging on to livestats.prestosports.com/Marymount.