OSWEGO, N.Y. – Maritime junior Isaiah Hayes (Jamaica, N.Y./Queens Teaching) registered a career-high 25 points on Friday evening, but it wasn't enough as the men's basketball team fell to the Oswego Lakers by a 104-69 score in their opening game of the Max Ziel Tournament.
 
The 25 points for Hayes, was the highest for the junior since his third game with the team two seasons ago as he collected 24 points against Merchant Marine on November 19, 2014.
 
Hayes was also tied for the team lead in rebounds as both he and freshman Malik Clark (Central Islip, N.Y./Central Islip) each had four on he night against the Lakers, who just outside the top-25 in the D3hoops.com national poll.
 
Junior Patrick MacDonald (Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius) and freshman Brendan McGovern (Seaford, N.Y./St. John the Baptist) had nine points apiece, while junior Akil Spruil recorded seven off the bench. Freshman Husene Camara (Bronx, N.Y./Frederick Douglas) added six in his collegiate debut, while junior Tim McQuail (Middle Village, N.Y./Cathedral Prep) had five points. Senior Brendon Halligan(Durham, N.Y./Cairo-Durham) had three points while classmate Tim Hoch (Coventry, R.I./Fishers Island (N.Y.)) collected a pair of free throws.
 
Maritime hung with the Lakers in the early going as Hayes and MacDonald collected shots to keep the game even at four. Oswego then scored the next 11 points and did not turn back.
 
Clark converted on an old fashioned three-point play to get the deficit down to single-digits but the Laker offense was too much to handle. Oswego's lead swelled up to 24, before taking a 22-point lead into the halftime break.
 
The lead continued for the Lakers until the final 3:52 of regulation, as Maritime closed out the game on a 7-0 run. Camara had a bucket before Spruill dropped five points, in his first game against a SUNYAC opponent since his freshman season while playing for Fredonia.
 
Maritime (1-1) will play in the consolation game of the Max Ziel Tournament on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., when the Privateers meet the Elmira Soaring Eagles (0-2).
 
Elmira lost to Canton (1-0), who will play Oswego (1-1) for the Max Ziel Tournament Championship following the Maritime-Elmira contest.