WESTMINSTER, Md. – Junior Jonas Sujeta scored 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting to lead the McDaniel College men's basketball team in a 75-62 loss to Virginia Wesleyan in the semifinals of the ECAC Men's Basketball Championship.

The Green Terror (14-13) conclude one of the most successful seasons in program history, earning their first-ever first postseason win and sending two players to the All-Centennial Conference team.

Graduate Student Chuck Contee finished in double figures with 11 points in his final collegiate game. Junior David Kearney scored eight points and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds and junior Mikey Ayala Jr. led the team with six assists. Freshman Ashen Stuart contributed with six points off the bench.

McDaniel led early in a tight first half, opening with an 8-7 lead with 16:25 to go. The Marlins (21-7) responded with a 9-0 run that would keep them in the lead for the remainder of the half. A Stuart layup with 3:23 left brought the Green Terror to within five, and Stuart would send McDaniel into the locker rooms with momentum after a buzzer-beating jumper on the baseline. The Marlins took a 36-31 lead into the halftime break.

McDaniel fought back to tie the game at 40-40 early in the second half after free throws from Kearney. Both teams traded baskets for the next few minutes before a Marlin layup pushed the Virginia Wesleyan lead to six at the 14:11 mark. The Marlins increased their lead to 12 with 6:57 remaining after a made three-pointer, kicking off a 10-2 run that gave Virginia Wesleyan control of the game. Two threes from Sujeta kept the Green Terror alive late but the Marlins secured the win with free throws in the final moments.

Both teams were nearly identical from the field, each making 46 percent of their shots and 35.3 percent of their three-point attempts. The difference came at the foul line, where Virginia Wesleyan hit 19-of-24 attempts from the charity stripe while McDaniel could only convert 55.6 percent of their free throw attempts.