November 8th, 2008s

The Keelhaulers of the California Maritime Academy opened up their home schedule with a hard-fought 48-46 win over the Beacons of Northwest Christian University Saturday night.  The win improves Maritime to 1-1 on the season.  The win was significant in many ways including the fact that Northwest Christian played the University of Oregon very tough in an exhibition game and had beaten their first two opponents by a combined 70 points.

John Stiles led the team with his first double double of the season registering 11 points and 10 rebounds.  Alex Raj and Andrew Medeiros also joined Stiles in double figures with 10 points each.  Raj contributed 7 rebounds as well.

"Our defense in the second half was very good.  We held them to 27% from the field and that effort changed the game in our favor.  We had an excellent week of practice after a tough loss and it was nice to see our players enjoy the fruits of their labor," commented Head Coach Bryan Rooney.

The Keelhaulers return to action this Friday at home against Golden State Baptist at 7:30pm.  The game marks the second game in a home stand that has Maritime playing in the friendly confines of Morrow Cove four out of their next five games.

Go Keelhaulers!