Dola Adebayo and Jedy Cordilia led Mount St. Mary's to a first-round matchup versus Duke after beating American, who lost leading scorer Matt Rogers to a knee injury.
The Mountaineers had won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament without eclipsing 63 points. They had reached 80 points only twice in 2025. Defense had propelled the Mount down the stretch, as it held opponents to 65.1 points during an 11-3 finish.carried a different pace. The teams combined for 25 points in the first 4:05 and 40 in the first 8:09."I love offense. I would prefer to play this way," coach Donny Lind said."I would rather win 83-73 than 53-43.
Lind's suspicions about depth proved true, as Mount St. Mary's had only seven players score Wednesday. But three of them -- forwards-- combined for 61 points. Cordilia made 10 of 11 shot attempts and grabbed seven rebounds, while Adebayo rocked the rim several times as the Mountaineers capitalized on an American team that lost star forwardMount St.
Cordilia and the other forwards tried to attack Rogers and ideally get the Patriot League tournament MVP in foul trouble. Rogers exited with 5:28 left in the first half. After a 48-point first half, Mount St. Mary's saw its lead cut to five with 15:11 left, but the offense again surged, both inside and out, as an Adebayo dunk swelled the advantage to 17.
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