St. Mary's senior Camontae Griffin poured in a tournament-record 51 points to power the Seahawks to their second consecutive Pride of Maryland crown with an 89-77 men's basketball victory over CAC rival Hood College Sunday.

Griffin, who was selected as the tournament's most valuable player, connected on 14-of-23 from the field, including four triples, and 19-of-21 from the foul line.

Also in the Pride of Maryland Tournament, presented by M&T Bank, Salisbury fell to Johns Hopkins in the third-place game, 58-53, and Stevenson dropped a 68-57 decision in the seventh-place game.

Hood and St. Mary's engaged in a see-saw affair in the first half which saw five ties and five lead changes. Griffin buried a three-pointer to give SMCM its largest lead of the half, 40-32, with 4:55 to go in the period. But the Blazers outscored the Seahawks, 10-3, down the stretch and trailed by just one, 43-42, at halftime.

A J'Air Brady trey on Hood's first possession out of the locker room regained the lead for the Blazers to start the second stanza. Hood led by as many as seven (57-50) following a layup by Herb Bowen at the 13:33 mark. But Griffin single-handedly brought the Seahawks back into it, as he reeled off the next nine consecutive points in a span of 2:29 to put St. Mary's back on top, 59-57.

The lead would change hands four more times before James Davenport gave St. Mary's the lead for good with a layup at the 9:06 mark. The Seahawk advantage ballooned to nine with 5:01 to play in regulation and Hood got no closer than five the rest of the way.

Tyler Snoots recorded a double-double with 13 points and a career-high-tying 12 boards to go along with four blocks. Brady and Reco Siler tallied 18 points apiece while Brenden Straughn dropped in 11. Straughn and Tory Wilson represented Hood on the all-tournament team.

The Blazers were plagued by 26 turnovers which resulted in 29 Seahawk markers. Hood shot 55.6 percent from the floor but St. Mary's attempted 23 more shots and made six more than the Blazers.

In the consolation game, Salisbury dropped its second game in two days, a 58-53 defeat at the hands of Johns Hopkins University. It marks the third straight season the Sea Gulls have come in fourth place in the Pride of Maryland tournament.

SU was led by senior guard Greg Palmer and junior center Chris McGrew who each scored 12 points in the contest. Palmer finished with four rebounds, three assists and one steal while McGrew brought down three rebounds, dished out one assist and had one block. Maczko was the only other Sea Gull to reach double-digit point totals, as he chipped in with 11 points. The Bel Air, Md., native was one rebound shy of recording his first double-double in a maroon and gold uniform, as he collected nine rebounds; in addition he dished out a team-high five assists in 37 minutes of action.