ARLINGTON, Va. – The Marymount (Va.) University men's basketball squad opened up the New Year dominating Wesley College in Capital Athletic Conference play. On Saturday afternoon the Saints defeated the Wolverines 85-65 to clench their first win in conference play, and improve to 4-7 on the season.  

The Saints took an early lead in the first half and managed to maintain the lead for the remainder of the game. Senior Rick Narcisse led the squad with a game-high and career-high 21 points, after going 8-for-9 from the field. Narcisse managed to rack up seven points in the first three minutes of the game to help the Saints to a 12-2 advantage over the Wolverines. Senior Danny Ferry also added a three in those first three minutes before Wesley managed to score. As the half continued Marymount's offense continued to build with four different Saints hitting at least one three and going 8-8 from the line. Narcisse and Ferry combined for 20 of the Saints 42 first half points, to head to locker room leading 42-20.

MU stayed hot on the offensive end with two quick free throws from Narcisse to start the second half. The Saints continued on an 8-0 run to open up the half after buckets from Narcisse, Ferry and sophomore Dimitri Rucker. Marymount would then have a 30 point lead, their biggest advantage of the day. The Wolverines tried to make a run late in the second half but only managed to cut the deficit to 17. Freshman Tyler Beale and sophomore D'Ondre Stockman quickly answered with back-to-back layups to put the Saints back up by 21. The Saints would finish the game with another layup from Beale and sophomore Matt Kelly going one for two at the line. Narcisse finished the half with 10 points followed by Beale who racked up eight. As a team, the Saints shot an impressive 58.3 percent from the field and 75 percent from three point range in the second half.

For the game, the Saints shot an impressive 54.7 percent from the field (29-for-53) and 69.0 percent from three point range (7-for-11). In addition to Narcisse's 21 points for the afternoon, Ferry added 15 points while Beale added a career-high 14 points off of the bench. Ferry and Beale combined for 14 of the Saints 39 rebounds on the afternoon.

The men will continue Capital Athletic Conference play on Wednesday January 6th at Frostburg State University; tip-off is set for 8:00 PM.