CASTINE, Maine – Lyndon returned to the win column with a 91-78 victory over Maine Maritime Academy in a North Atlantic Conference men's basketball game Saturday. The Hornets improved to 11-12 overall, 11-5 NAC, while the Mariners fell to 2-21, 1-15.

George Carle (Central Falls, R.I.) pumped in a game-high 27 points for Lyndon and pulled down 10 rebounds. David Johnson (Washington, D.C.) added 22, JoJo Woodruff (Washington, D.C.) 16 and Iser Barnes (Boston, Mass.) 12. Rob Alers (Central Falls, R.I.) grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds and Josh Bosworth pulled 10 boards.

Jason Hatch paced Maine Maritime with 18 points, while Shep Carter added 17 and Tyler Chiasson chipped in with 14. Chiasson also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.

The Hornets jumped out to a 6-0 lead after a pair of free throws from Josh Bosworth (East Longmeadow, Mass.)  with 17:24 left in the opening half. Chiasson hit a layup at 11:15 to put the Mariners within six, 19-13. A Hatch trey six minutes later put MMA as close as 24-21. Lyndon took its largest lead, 40-26, after a pair of Woodruff free throws and led 48-36 at halftime.

A Carle jumper seven minutes into the second half put Lyndon up 70-49 before two Carter free throws capped 13-2 run for MMA to make it 74-62 with 9:41 left in the game. David Breunig's three at 5:30 put the Mariners within seven, 80-73, but they wouldn't get any closer.