CASTINE--In a tale of two halves for both teams, Maine Maritime Academy played better down the stretch by erasing a double-digit deficit in the second half to rally past visiting SUNY-Delhi, 69-60, in North Atlantic Conference men's basketball action at Smith Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. The Mariners improve to 8-5 on the season and 5-2 in the NAC-East Division, while the Broncos (6-11 overall) lead the NAC-West at 3-3.

Maine Maritime Highlights

• Senior co-captain Curt Heinz dropped a double-double with game highs of 32 points (including a career-best 4-for-6 from three-point range) and 15 rebounds. He rounded out his statline with five steals, four blocked shots and six assists.
• Classmate and fellow co-captain Carter Rubin had 12 points and four rebounds.
• Classmate Markus Ramirez produced 10 points and three rebounds.
• Junior Josiah Dancy (7 points, 3 rebounds) dished seven assists to top all playmakers.

SUNY-Delhi Highlights

• Warren Davis recorded a double-double with 13 points (6-10 FGs) and 12 rebounds.
• Brennan Heaven added 13 points on 6-for-11 from the field.
• Gustarling Louis chipped in 12 points (5-10 FGs) and three rebounds.
• Isiah Barnes (9 points) contributed six assists, five rebounds and three steals.

How it Happened

• Maine Maritime, which trailed 35-26 in the first half, shot 56.0 percent from the field (14-25) and held Delhi to a 33.3 clip (10-30) in the second.
• The Mariners opened a 6-0 on a pair of treys from Rubin.
• Delhi didn't get on the scoreboard until 15 minutes and 52 seconds showing on the clock when Heaven converted a jumper.
• The teams traded points over the next several minutes before the Broncos took their first lead, 16-13, at the 10:40 mark on a 3ball by Louis.
• With Delhi leading 25-24 with 3:06 to go, the Broncos went on a 10-2 run to close the first 20 minutes.
• Davis made a layup to start the second half as Delhi enjoyed the biggest lead of the game for either side of 11 points.
• In the first half, the Broncos shot 51.7 percent (15-29 FGs) while holding the Mariners to 33.3 percent (11-33).
• Trailing 42-31 with 17:19 left in the contest, MMA started its comeback with a Rubin layup and Heinz 3ball on back-to-back possessions to cut the deficit to 42-36.
• After a Delhi basket, MMA went on an 11-0 run over a 4:56 span to take its first lead in the second half, 47-44, at 7:37.
• Barnes made a trey to knot the score at 47-all, but Heinz reciprocated two possessions later to put the Mariners ahead to stay.
• Maine Maritime sealed the win by having a two-possession lead for the final 5:56.

Beyond the Boxscore

• Maine Maritime earns its first win in the three-game all-time series.
• Heinz, the reigning United States Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Week and D3hoops.com Team of the Week, takes sole possession of the MMA career record with 1,170 rebounds (Jed Johnson, 1155 from 1999-3003) and also becomes the team's all-time leader with 171 blocked shots (Matt Clement, 169 from 2000-04).
• Heinz is the NCAA Division III active leader with 61 double-doubles in his career.

Next Up

• Maine Maritime wraps up a three-game homestand on Sunday (3 p.m.) versus NAC foe SUNY-Cobleskill for a conference intra-division clash.