Box score

STEVENSON, Md. - Stevenson University men's basketball senior guard Greg Woody (Baltimore/Mount Saint Joseph) posted his eighth 20-point performance of the season with a game-high 23 points as the Mustangs swept the season series with York (Pa.) with a 72-67 victory Saturday evening at the Carolyn Manuszek Student Union Gymnasium.

After winning a four overtime thriller at York (Pa.) on December 6, Stevenson (5-14, 4-6 CAC) made 7-of-8 free throw attempts in the final 46 seconds to hold off a late Spartan rally.

Woody and senior guard Chaise Lancaster (Bowie/Northwestern) combined to go 15-of-18 from the free throw line in the second half where the team was 19-of-24.

The Mustangs also did a much better job against the Spartans (6-14, 4-7 CAC) on the glass, holding a 40-35 edge in rebounds. York (Pa.) entered the game ranked third in the conference in rebound margin (+3.0) while Stevenson was next to last (-5.0).

In the first meeting between the two teams, the Spartans held a convincing 75-57 edge in rebounds which led to a 28-17 advantage in second chance points. On Saturday, York (Pa.) managed just 13 second chance points.

After a layup by Nick Brady cut the Stevenson lead to one, 57-56 with 3:57 remaining, the Mustangs went on an 8-1 run to match its largest lead of the game at eight with 1:02 left.

Stevenson scored six of their eight points during the run at the free throw line and 17 of their final 24 from the charity stripe.

Lancaster and senior center Kerry Dugan (Sparks/Hereford) each had nine points in the victory while Dugan added a team-high seven rebounds.

Nick Brady, the CAC's fifth-leading scorer behind Woody and Mary Washington's Matt Hale, finished with 21 points to lead the Spartans while Pat Kelley had 17 and Jeremy Keefer added 10. Keefer also had a game-high eight rebounds.

Stevenson has just one day to prepare for a Monday road trip to Wesley where the team will take on the Wolverines at 8:00 p.m. Wesley edged out a 92-88 victory over the Mustangs at Student Union Gymnasium on January 8.

Game Notes:  The coaching staffs for both team wore sneakers with their suits in support of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and American Cancer Society. The NABC invited coaches to participate in the 2009 Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers awareness weekend January 30 through February 1 by wearing sneakers with their suits at games held that weekend to show support for the Coaches vs. Cancer program. Suits and Sneakers will unite coaches from across the country in the common effort to raise cancer awareness in their communities.