The University of Mary Washington men's basketball team dropped a 58-57 decision to Hampden-Sydney College on Saturday in the South Region Shootout in Winchester, Va. The Eagles slip to 0-4 on the season.

The Eagles' defense started strong, limiting the Tigers to just 17 first half points in building a 25-17 halftime advantage. Freshman Curtis Rowser III scored seven points as the Eagles built a 14-4 lead early, but the Tigers responded and cut into the deficit with a 17-4 run to move the score to 21-17 in favor of UMW with 3:55 left in the half. But senior Taylor Johnson scored the final four points of the half, including a three pointer in the final seconds, to give UMW an eight-point lead at intermission.

Hampden-Sydney started the second half with a 13-2 run to take a 30-27 lead, but a pair of Matt Forrest three pointers swung the lead back to the Eagles at 35-32 with 13:07 to play. Forrest continued hot shooting from outside the arc, as the Eagles lead grew to 42-36 after the sophomore buried two more three pointers, and a trey from sophomore Brent Mahoney gave the Eagles a seven-point lead at 49-42 with 7:30 left.

The Tigers cut the deficit to two at 53-51 with 2:23 to play, but UMW responded with a dunk and layup from Mahoney to return the lead to six at 57-51 with 56 seconds remaining. A four-point play by HSC's Greg Lewis cut the deficit to two at 57-55, and after a turnover in the final second, Mike Murray shot a three pointer that hit the front of the rim, bounced five feet in the air, and came down through the net to give the Tigers the win at the buzzer.

The Eagles shot 45.7% (21-46) from the floor, making 9-24 three point attempts, and went 6-8 from the free throw line. HSC shot 22-56 (39.3%) from the field, making 7-26 three pointers, and went 7-16 from the free throw line. The Eagles led in rebounds, 38-28, but committed 22 turnovers.

UMW was led by Forrest's 15 points on 5-10 shooting, while Rowser and John Lutkenhaus each had 11. Johnson had 10 rebounds for the Eagles. Lewis had 19 points and Murray 17 for HSC.

The Eagles will return to action on Tuesday when they visit North Carolina Wesleyan College at 5:30 p.m. in Rocky Mount, N.C.