The Mustangs hit the road to play against Chestnut Hill.  The Mustangs fought a hard battle against the number one team in their division but the Griffins ended up on top 76-70. 

In under two minutes of the game, Cilk McSweeney (Ft. Lauderdale , FL /  Dillard) hit a lay-up and played outstanding defense to allow Steve Segears (Lanham, MD/ St. Johns College HS) to steal the ball from the Griffins and give Villa an early lead.  At 15:52, Chris Warren (Largo , MD/ Bishop MacNamara) heard nothing but net when he sunk a three-point shot. 

Chestnut Hill began to control the court until 4:50 when Jason Lambert (Bloomsfield , CT / Kingswood-Oxford) hit a lay-up to leave the Mustangs trailing by one, 30-29.  With only three minutes left in the half, McSweeney sunk two free-throws to regain the lead for the Mustangs 33-32.  In return, the Griffin 's Isaac Greer made two lay-ups to give Chestnut Hill the lead at half 38-35. 

In the second half, the Griffins maintained the lead.   The Mustangs were down by as much as nine points and came back to within two points.  At 7:09, McSweeney stole the ball from Chestnut's Isaac Greer and went onto sink a vital three-pointer to make the score 59-57.  Chestnut answered strong and at 1:28, Griffin , David Goode dunked the ball and the Griffins went on to win the game 76-70.

The top scorers for the Mustangs were Segears with a double-double of 21 points and 14 boards; McSweeney with 18 points and four assists, as well as three blocks and two steals; and Lambert with 14 points.  Overall, the Mustangs' record is 5-7 and 2-2 in the North Eastern Athletic Conference.   Next, the Mustangs will take on Keystone in a conference battle on Saturday, January 14, at 3 pm.