NEWPORT, R.I. -- Three Seahawks -- Sean Seymour (Albany, N.Y.), Jack McMullen (East Greenwich, R.I.), and Pat Spenard (Rochester, Mass.) -- scored in double figures as Salve Regina University men's basketball defeated the Cougars of Clark University, 75-70, in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) action at the Kneller Athletic Center, to sweep the season series.

Seymour led all players with 23 points and had a team-high eight rebounds. McMullen made four 3-pointers and finished with 16 points. Spenard sank 5-of-8 from the floor, including two behind the arc, and added a free throw for 13 points.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Salve Regina 75, Clark 70
Records: Salve Regina (15-5, 8-3 NEWMAC), Clark (12-9, 7-5 NEWMAC)
History: These programs meet for the 13th time in men's basketball and sixth time as fellow NEWMAC members. Salve Regina won for the first time ever in the history of the series on January 10 when the Seahawks made over 55 percent of its field goal attempts to score a 15-point final (70-55) over the visiting Cougars.  Jack Margoupis (Sutton, Mass.) led all players with 20 points on 8-of-15 from the floor while three other Seahawks posted double-digit points -- Pat Spenard (Rochester, Mass.) and Sean Seymour (Albany, N.Y.) both finished with 15 and Domenic Malvey (Newton, N.H.) added 10.

SUMMARY

• 1H | The opening 20 minutes were a physical, back-and-forth affair. Both teams shot the ball efficiently — Salve was 16-of-28 (57.1%) and Clark 18-of-32 (56.3%) — but Clark managed to convert more trips into paint points and held a narrow edge when the half ended. Clark took a 40–36 lead into the locker room thanks to interior scoring from Quentin Pridgen and several hard finishes by Boluwasefe John, while Salve generated early momentum through quick transition looks (including a fastbreak three from Jack McMullen at 16:40). The first half featured multiple lead changes and ties as both teams traded answers on the glass and inside the lane. | Seahawks 36, Cougars 40
• 2H | Salve flipped the script after intermission, outscoring Clark 38–30 in the second half to erase the four-point deficit and pull away late. Sean Seymour paced the Seahawks with a team-high 23 points, Jack McMullen chipped in 16 (4-of-7 from three), and Pat Spenard added 13 — contributions that helped Salve manufacture enough offense while surviving Clark's size inside. Salve's quick break scoring proved decisive: the Seahawks finished with 14 fast-break points to Clark's 2, and Salve also got 15 second-chance points that helped offset Clark's advantage in paint scoring. | Seahawks 38, Cougars 30

NOTEWORTHY

• Salve Regina had been 0-11 against Clark before this season.
• Pat Spenard had 10 points in the first half and was perfect from the floor and line ... 4-for-4 (plus a trey) and 1-for-1.
• William Mensah was 2-for-2 in the first half and grabbed five rebounds.
• Jack McMullen (13) and Sean Seymour (15) combined for 28 of the Seahawks' 39 points in the second half.

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QUOTABLE SEAHAWKS

"Success on the road in this league is never easy. I thought our senior captains and upperclassmen really steadied us when things got tough midway through the second half against a very talented Clark squad. They've been in those moments before, and their leadership showed for our group down the stretch. They brought the toughness, the poise, and the belief we needed to grind and finish a solid team win." -- Salve Regina head coach Sean Foster '97

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ON THE HORIZON
Salve Regina plays at the other NEWMAC school from Worcester, Mass., the Engineers of WPI, on Saturday, February 7, at 2 p.m. on FloCollege.