WESTMINSTER, Md. - Graduate student Chuck Contee scored 22 points and was 6-of-7 from three-point range to lead the McDaniel College men's basketball team to a 63-43 victory over Bryn Athyn Thursday night inside the Gill Center.

With four wins in its first five games, the Green Terror (4-1) are off to their best start since the 2014-15 season. That year, the team went on to finish 14-13, advancing to the Centennial Conference Men's Basketball Championship and ECAC Division III South Championship.

Contee posted his second 20-point game this season and the fifth of his career. He had 26 points in a 73-57 win over St. Mary's (MD) in the Battle of DC/Maryland at Hood on Nov. 15. He scored 18 of his 22 points from behind the arc as his six three-pointers were a career high.

Junior Jonas Sujeta added 13 points and seven rebounds while senior Lorin Hall had eight points and six rebounds.

The first half featured seven ties and four lead changes. With the game tied at 18-18, McDaniel used a 13-0 run to take the lead for good, 31-18. The first nine points during the run came on three consecutive three-pointers from Contee who finished the half with nine points, hitting 3-of-4 from behind the arc.

The Green Terror also scored 10 points off six Lion turnovers.

McDaniel led by as many as 22 points in the second half with Contee adding 13 points, including another nine on three-pointers as he was 3-for-3 from three-point range. Meanwhile, senior Russell Dandridge added had two points, three assists and one blocked shot.

The Green Terror totaled 18 points off 12 Bryn Athyn (1-4) turnovers in the game and added 15 points off 17 offensive rebounds.

Junior Kevin Connelly totaled eight points, five rebounds and two steals.

McDaniel heads to Baltimore City on Saturday for a 1 p.m. tip-off at Notre Dame of Maryland. A year ago, the two teams played in the first-ever game for the Gators, a 76-54 Green Terror victory at the Gill Center on Nov. 11, 2023.