NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Salve Regina University men's basketball battled into the final minute but ultimately lost by four, 72-68, at the United States Coast Guard Academy in NEWMAC action at Roland Hall on Wednesday evening in New London, Connecticut.

Sean Seymour led all players with 27 points on 9-for-19 from the floor including three threes and 6-of-6 from the line. The Seahawk loss places them in a four-way tie at 6-9 in the league with the Bears of Coast Guard, Emerson College, and Wheaton College. Salve Regina split with the former and the latter in the regular season and finishes with Emerson College at home on Saturday at 1 p.m. A Seahawk win on Saturday could vault Salve Regina into a fourth-place finish.

NEWMAC Standings -- https://newmacsports.com/standings.aspx?standings=303

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Coast Guard 72, Salve Regina 68
Records: Salve Regina (9-15, 6-9 NEWMAC), Coast Guard (10-14, 6-9 NEWMAC)
History: These programs meet for the 31st time in men's basketball and fourth time as fellow NEWMAC members. As charter members of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (now Conference of New England), Salve Regina and Coast Guard met 14 times in the 1980s when the Bears enjoyed an 11-3 mark in the series. After just two meetings in the 1990s (1990, 1991), the series resumed in 2011. Since 1990, Salve Regina leads the series, 10-7; Coast Guard has the overall edge, 18-13. Last year, the teams split their NEWMAC contests, each winning on the other's home court. This year's split featured home team winning both games.

SUMMARY

• 1H | Both teams had scoring runs of 7-0 and there were four ties and nine lead changes. Sean Seymour led all players with 11 points while Coast Guard had nine players score at least one point in the first half. Eight different Seahawks grabbed a rebound in the first half with three -- Declan Walmsley, Brad Fowler, and Jojo Powers -- pulling down three boards apiece. | BEARS 32, SEAHAWKS 31
• 2H | James Jolly had the first bucket of the second half and put the Seahawks on top by one, 33-32. Anthony DeThomas' 3-pointer at 14:47 cut a five-point deficit to two before Sean Seymour connected on consecutive field goals for a two-point Seahawk lead (48-46 at 11:55). Seymour's floating jumper at 9:27 drew contact and the Seahawk junior converted a three-point play. Salve's last lead came after a 3-pointer from Brady Spencer at 6:05 (56-55). The Seahawks trailed by six (68-62) following a Luke Farrell layup with 55 seconds remaining. Sean Seymour hit a 3-pointer with 36 ticks left, and after two Bears free throws, Brad Fowler converted a three-point play to cut the deficit to two with 12 seconds on the clock. Declan Rooney sank both ends of a one-and-one to finish the scoring for Coast Guard. | BEARS 40, SEAHAWKS 37

NOTEWORTHY

• Salve Regina and Coast Guard both made 25 field goals with the difference coming in one more made 3-pointer (7-6) and three more made free throws (15-12) for the home team.
• Both teams combined for 90 percent free throw shooting -- Salve Regina (12/13), Coast Guard (15-17).
• Sean Seymour led all players with 27 points on 9-for-19 from the floor including three threes and 6-of-6 from the line.
• Brad Fowler also scored in double-digits with 13 points on 5-of-10 from the field and 3-for-3 from the line.
• The Seahawks outrebounded the Bears, 36-to-32.

ON THE HORIZON
Salve Regina hosts Emerson College on Saturday, February 22 at 1 p.m. with Senior Day festivities for four Seahawks -- James Jolly, Will Parisi, Jojo Powers, Declan Walmsley -- on FloCollege.