FREDERICK, Md. - Three days after playing a NCAA Division III men's basketball record five overtimes against Marymount (Va.) University the Salisbury University Sea Gulls returned to the court to face Hood College, the first-place team in the Capital Athletic Conference. The Blazers wore down the Gulls in the second half to coast to a 100-83 victory on Saturday afternoon at Gov. Thomas Johnson High School to conclude the regular-season.

Salisbury (12-13, 7-9 CAC) will now travel to Washington, D.C., this Tuesday, February 20, to face second-seed Catholic University of America in the first round of the CAC tournament. The Sea Gulls are the seventh seed in the eight team field.

SU senior Ray Williams logged 39 minutes against Hood and led all Sea Gull scorers with 26 points. Williams played 57 minutes against the Saints this past Wednesday. Salisbury forward Frank Gerald (19 points, 10 rebounds) recorded the only double-double for the Sea Gulls. Senior Segun Odumeru (14 points) and freshman Matt DeLizio (10 points) were the other Gulls to score double figures.

Hood (19-6, 12-4) led 41-34 at the break after trailing 20-12 early in the first half. In the second half, the Blazers went on a 31-15 run to increase their lead to 23 points, 72-49.

Salisbury didn't have an answer for Hood's big man Jesse Gutekunst (26 points, 15 rebounds), who shot 10-for-15 from the field and 6-of-7 from the free throw line. Four of the Blazer starters ended the game in double figures along with Tim Ambercrombie who came off the bench and poured in 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds.

The Blazers will open up the CAC tournament on Tuesday night at home against eighth-seed Goucher College.