SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University men's basketball team earned a resounding 116-54 victory in its second game in four days against the Regent University Royals on Wednesday evening at Maggs Physical Activities Center.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Salisbury left a maroon and gold stamp on the opening five minutes, commencing the contest with a 17-4 run. Reed Rebstock scored eight points in the swing to headline the offensive outburst.
• The Royals outpaced the Sea Gulls 5-4 over the next two minutes before Calvin Thomas and Sidney Lebonzo combined for back-to-back buckets. The visitors swung back with seven consecutive points and 11 of the next 15, tightening the gap to 29-20 with just under 10 minutes left in the half.
• SU rallied quickly and turned up the heat, scoring 18 of the next 20 to widen the margin to 15 with six minutes remaining in the period. Five different Sea Gulls scored in the span.
• Salisbury kept the Royals at bay to close the half, outscoring Regent 17-7 to bring a 64-29 halftime lead into the locker room. Cameron Heard led all scorers with five points in the first half's final minutes.
• The afternoon's guests claimed the first points of the second half nearly two minutes in and outscored Salisbury 9-8 over the next two and a half minutes.
• The Sea Gulls penned a swift response, tallying each of the next eight scores to unfurl a 21-0 run spanning nearly five minutes. Leroy Hamilton scored nine points and the squad shot 8-of-9 from the floor and 5-of-6 from range in the run, growing the lead to 93-38.
• The hosts outpaced Regent 9-6 over the next four minutes, with Hamilton scoring seven straight points punctuated by a steal and slam the other way. The guard's second basket, a three-pointer cashed in off a find from Kaiden Mines, put Salisbury into triple-digits and secured the team's highest scoring total of the season with six minutes remaining.
• Salisbury kept the margin wide late, scoring 14 to Regent's 10 to secure the 116-54 victory. Andrew Silver and Elijah Bryan each scored four points in the final minutes, with the former finding the latter on the alley-oop for the final nail in the coffin.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Leroy Hamilton led the scoring charge with a career-high 20 points, shooting 8-of-11 from the floor and a perfect 4-of-4 from beyond the arc while adding a pair of steals.
• Reed Rebstock tied Hamilton for the game-high, making a trio of three-pointers and finishing 8-of-13 from the field.
• Sidney Lebonzo was wildly efficient in the win, scoring 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting in just 18 minutes with four makes in five tries at the free-throw line. Lebonzo also ranked second on the squad with five rebounds.
• Jordan Oates picked up his ninth double-double of the season and the 26th of his career, finishing with 11 points and 10 rebounds while pitching in three assists and a pair of blocks. Oates needs three rebounds to move into seventh in program history in career boards, currently held by Sylvester Burke '75.
• Brendan Davis tallied 11 points and game-highs in assists (8, his second-highest total of the season) and steals (4). He also nabbed a trio of rebounds.
• Cameron Heard finished with 11 points and a season-high six assists while adding three rebounds and a pair of pickpockets.
• The Sea Gulls shot 63.8 percent (44-of-69) from the floor in the victory, the best clip for the team since an 82-56 win over Penn State Harrisburg on Feb. 1, 2016 (64.3 percent). Salisbury made 18 three-pointers, the most in a game this season, and shot at the best clip (64.3 percent) since Dec. 6, 2022.
• Salisbury's 116-point outburst is the highest single-game total in the tenure of head coach Maurice Williams and the most in regulation since the program's 117-95 victory over St. Mary's (Md.) on Feb. 12, 2000. More recently, the team scored 122 points in a five-overtime defeat against Marymount (Va.) on Feb. 14, 2007.
• Salisbury also set new season-high marks in made field goals (44), assists (26), and steals (13).

REGENT GAME NOTES

• Darrin Clark scored a team-high 15 points, adding a rebound and assist.
• Marion Brown finished with nine points, five rebounds, and a pair of steals.
• Joshua Ryder pulled down a team-high six rebounds while adding five assists, two steals, and a block.
• The Royals shot 40 percent (22-of-55) from the field, 22.2 percent (4-of-18) from beyond the arc, and 60 percent (6-of-10) from the free-throw line.

UP NEXT

• The Sea Gulls bring their Winter Break games to a close on Saturday, Jan. 27, traveling to Fredericksburg, Va. for a neutral site showdown against the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs.
• Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. from Ron Rosner Arena on the campus of the University of Mary Washington.

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Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football and men's and women's swimming, and the Coastal Lacrosse Conference for men's lacrosse. With over 500 student-athletes in 21 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, featuring dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on and off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 23 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 197 conference championships, and 45 Academic All-Americans.

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