The 11th ranked University of Mary Washington men's basketball team saw four players reach double figures in downing rival #8 Christopher Newport University on Saturday evening at Ron Rosner Arena. The Eagles improve to 19-3 on the season.

Christopher Newport jumped ahead early in the contest, connecting on three three-point shots in gaining a 9-3 lead. Baskets from junior Jay Randall and sophomore Kye Robinson cut the margin to 9-7, and two more baskets from Robinson gave the Eagles their first lead, at 11-9 with 13:29 left in the first half.

A three pointer from Robinson pushed the Eagle lead to 16-12, but the Captains regained the lead at 9:04 on a pair of free throws. The lead would change hands three times in next few minutes, but a three from junior Kaden Bates, a basket from freshman Preston White, and a pair of Robinson free throws gave UMW a 25-19 advantage.

After Randall made a pair of free throws to up the lead to eight, the teams traded baskets until a Bates three pointer with 39 seconds left gave the Eagles a 40-27 halftime lead.

Bates started the second the same way he finished the first - with a three pointer, but the Captains were able to cut into the margin to pull to within eight, at 45-37, with 15:11 remaining. A three pointer and layup from Bates upped the Eagle margin to 74-53 with 6:22 to go, but again UMW had to hold off a CNU run, as the margin dwindled to 80-72 with 1:22 left. 

A basket from Robinson and a pair of Bates free throws got the margin back to double figures, and points from Randall and junior Jadon Burgess capped the scoring to give the Eagles their second win in the last three meetings with the Captains, 88-77.

Robinson led UMW with 25 points on 9-20 shooting, and Randall scored 21, going 9-13 from the floor. Bates made four three pointers in going 6-11 from the floor en route to 18 points, and White scored a big 10 points off the bench. Bates led with nine rebounds, and Robinson picked up six assists.

The Eagles shot 50% from the floor (31-62), making 9-23 three points shots, and went 17-23 from the free throw line. CNU shot 33.8% (22-65), making 8-24 three point attempts and 25-33 free throw attempts. UMW was outrebounded, 42-39.

UMW will be back in action on Wednesday, as the Eagles host Salisbury University at 7:00 p.m.