UMass Dartmouth Shoots Past Southern Maine
NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass.   –  Marcus Azor finished one assist shy of a triple double with 15 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to lead the UMass Dartmouth Corsairs to a 93-55 win over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a Little East Conference men's basketball game at Hill Gymnasium Sunday afternoon.
 
The Records: 
UMass Dartmouth (18-2, 10-1 Little East)
Southern Maine (9-11, 4-7 Little East)
 
Series History:  Today's match up marked the 80^th meeting between the Corsairs and the Huskies.  UMass Dartmouth has won the last six and leads the series 69-11. 
 
Standout Huskies:  Junior Cody Hawes (Carmel, Maine/Hermon) 14 points 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals; sophomore Simon Chadbourne (Westbrook, Maine) 10 points; senior Jason Lombard (Anchorage, Alaska/Chugiak) 9 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist.
 
Standout Corsairs:  Azor 15 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal; Adam Seablom 25 points, 3 blocks; Jake Ashworth 15 points, 5 rebounds; Isaac Perry 14 points, 4 rebounds; Jackson Zancan 10 points, 6 rebounds.
 
How It Happened: 

•  Ahead by eight, 31-23, with 5:33 remaining in the first half, the Corsairs broke the game open with a 15-1 run to close out the half and lead 46-24 at the break. Seablom scored eight of his 25 points in the final five and a half minutes of the first half to key the run.
• The Huskies' Jason Lombard scored the first bucket of the second half, but UMass Dartmouth scored the next 13 points unanswered to lead 59-26.  Ashworth scored six of the 13 for the Corsairs.
• After the opening run, UMD led by as many as 43 points, 80-37, midway at the 8:30 mark and Southern Maine was unable to get closer than 30 the rest of the way for the 93-55 final.

 
Inside the Stats: 

• Hawes' double-double was the second of the season and of his career. 
• UMass Dartmouth shot 50.7 percent (36-for-71) from the field for the game and 40.6 percent (13-for-32) from three.  Seablom had four of the Corsairs' threes.

Up Next: 
Southern Maine remains in Little East Conference action and will host Plymouth State University on Wednesday (7:30 pm). 
 
 Southern Maine Athletics has gone to fully digital game programs, please click this link to access the game programs to future Husky home events!