After starting the season 4-0, the Gallaudet men's basketball team headed across town to face their first Capital Athletic Conference foe, Marymount, and despite a dramatic second half comeback, Gallaudet suffered their first defeat of the season 84-79.

The score was 25-24 in favor of Marymount with 8:05 left in the first half, with several lead changes, before Marymount went on a 16-4 run, which helped them go into halftime up by 11, 46-35.

Early in the second half Marymount increased the lead to 18 points with 17 minutes left, before Gallaudet slowly cut away at the lead. With the score 56-41, Gallaudet went on an 8-0 run of a pair of 3's by Jon Mowl and a jumper by Jeremy Thrush. With 6 minutes left, Gallaudet got within 3 on a pair of free throws by Sekoe White. That would be as close as Gallaudet would get as both teams traded baskets and free throws the remainder of the game, and Gallaudet made several big steals in the games' final minute but couldn't catch Marymount.

One of the keys to the game was field goal shooting. Gallaudet took 9 more shots than Marymount, but was only able to convert 40%, compared to 52.5% for Marymount. The Bison did a good job protecting the ball, giving up 12 turnovers, while causing Marymount to commit 22.

Mowl led the Bison with 24 points, including 4 3-pointers, and added 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1 steal in 39 minutes of action. White scored 18 points, and added 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Tony Tatum scored 16 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, and had 2 steals and one blocked shot. Johnny Jackson, Jr. added 13 points.

After the game, Gallaudet Head Coach Jeb Barber praised his team for not giving up in the second half.  "It was a hard fought game.  I'm proud of the team for the way they stuck with it. The players can hold their heads high and look forward to the next game."

Gallaudet is now 4-1 on the season. They travel to Delaware to play at Wesley College Saturday, at 4 p.m.