The finals of the St. Mary's Christmas Tournament featured a private school versus public school matchup, and the private school came out on top as the Severn Admirals pulled off a come-from-behind 45-41 victory over South River last night.
Coach Jim Doyle's squad was down for most of the game, but hung around long enough to give them selves a chance to win. The Admirals (12-1) got consecutive three-pointers by Brad Fowler and James Carpenter, to tie the game with a minute remaining in regulation. Jamand Mack shook off some early foul-shooting woes and hit both ends of an one-and-one to put Severn ahead for good.
"We don't get a chance to play county teams too often, so this wasimportant," said Doyle. "We also wanted to win the tournament. We've been trying to get at this level for a long time and I don't think we played as good as we can, but I think this win will help our team's confidence going into conference play."