CARLISLE, Pa. - Martin Mann and Brandon Wiercinski each recorded a season-high 20 points on Wednesday night as the Dickinson men's basketball team looked to snap a five-game skid against the visiting Marymount University in non-conference action at the Kline Center. Unfortunately, for the Red and White they were unable to slow down Marcus Stubbs as his game-high 28 as the Saints left Carlisle with a 70-66 win.

Dickinson was behind the "eight-ball" early trailing 7-2 four minutes in with Wiercinski posting the only home bucket. A triple by Andrew Gostovich along with points from Mann brought the Devils to within 10-9 a minute later. Marcus Beckett and Jack Bifano made it 13-9 visitors, before long-balls by Skyler Venezia and Wiercinski once again closed the gap to one 16-15. The Red and White finally took their first lead of the game with 8:29 off the clock when Venezia found Mann for a slam to spark a 10-2 run aided by treys from Gostovich and Wiercinski to make it 25-18 at the 13:17 mark. Over the next minute each team tallied four points with Isaiah Edmond supplying the offense for the home side. The Saints ended the period on a 6-1 push with a Luke Spellman foul shot accounting for the lone DC point to leave the hosts ahead 30-28 at halftime.

Baskets from Drew Haueisen and Mann kept the Devs in front 34-32 just over two minutes in, but five quick points by Wyatt Hockenberry sent the Saints back to the front at 37-34 with 16:28 left. Mann responded with four in a row to allow Dickinson to reclaim the lead (39--37), before Stubbs hit a jumper of his own to level the score. Haueisen, Mann, and Wiercinski all converted over the couple of minutes to keep DC in front 45-44. Marymount continued to fight back with buckets by James Bell, Beckett, and Stubbs to edge ahead 52-50 at the 11:16 mark. A Randy Shephard layup, followed by another jam from Mann cut the deficit to 57-54, but a 7-3 charge for the Saints ending on a three-ball for Stubbs gave them a six-point cushion at 63-57 with less than five to play. Another three-pointer by Wiercinski gave DC a lifeline, unfortunately Miles Phillips and Bifano stretched the margin back to four 67-63 with 82-second remaining. Wiercinski continued his hot shooting on the night by burying his sixth trey of the game to make it 67-66, but three Phillips free throws allowed the guests to close out the win.

Saint Leaders
Points - Stubbs (28), Hockenberry (12), Beckett (11)
Rebounds - Bifano (8), Stubbs (5)
Assists - Farrelly and Hockenberry (3)

Red Devil Leaders
Points - Mann and Wiercinski (20), Edmond and Gostovich (6)
Rebounds - Mann and Spellman (6), Haueisen (5)
Assists - Haueisen (6), Edmond and Shephard (4)

Next on the Court 
Dickinson (1-7, 0-3 Centennial) will now take some time to refocus and ready themselves for the second-half of the season as they will not play again until Thursday, December 29th for Day One of the Stevens Holiday Tournament as the Red and White will take on the host Ducks. Read Full Article