SALISBURY, Md. - The Salisbury University men's basketball team dropped its second consecutive Capital Athletic Conference game Wednesday evening as Catholic University dealt the Sea Gulls a 62-58 loss at the Maggs Center.

The Cardinals (12-2, 4-2 CAC) used clutch free throw shooting over the final 1:04 of the game to preserve the victory. CUA's Patrick Dwyer hit on 4-of-4 down the stretch while the Cardinals leading scorer, Scott Fumai (22 points), hit on 4-of-6.

Ray Williams, the conference's top scorer, continued to light up the stat sheets as he tallied 17 first half points on way to his game-high 25 points. Williams shot 50 percent from the field and added five rebounds.

The Sea Gulls (9-6, 4-2 CAC) trailed early in the contest as Catholic jumped out to an early 10-0 lead just 2:47 into the game. The first Salisbury bucket came at the 14:33 mark when Williams hit on a long range shot to cut the lead to 10-3.

Salisbury would go on yet another dry spell over the next 5:17 as Catholic built up a 15-3 lead before Williams connected on his second three-point shot. SU closed out the half on a 23-12 run to go into the break down one, 27-26.

The Sea Gulls would grab their first lead of the game with 14:50 to play in the game as Jonas Vaitkus laid one in off a feed from Devin Jones to give SU a 33-31 advantage. Jones finished with a team-high three assists and added 12 points while Vaitkus pulled down a team-high eight rebounds and added three points.

From that point the lead changed hands nine times and saw six ties. The largest Salisbury lead was three points while CUA gained as large as a five point advantage in the second half.

Dwyer finished the game with 17 points and seven rebounds from the Cardinals.

This is the third straight game that Catholic has defeated Salisbury as CUA holds a 31-14 series advantage.

Salisbury will return to action on Saturday, January 20, as they travel to Arlington, Va., to face CAC opponent Marymount at 4 p.m.