For the second-straight game, Mary Baldwin's balanced offensive attack pushed five players into double figures in the scoring column and lifted the Fighting Squirrels (8-5, 3-0 USA South) to a 78-71 USA South men's basketball victory over visiting William Peace (2-11, 0-2 USA South) Friday on Pack The PAC Night in Staunton.

Junior Raymond Benton led MBU in both scoring (16) and rebounding (9), followed by graduate student Jaden Ignacio (14 pts.), freshman Aimane Elbouazzaoui (13 pts.), junior Zach Sloan (11 pts., 5 rebs.) and freshman Rony Hogarth (11 pts.).

The game was back-and-forth for 40 minutes.  MBU would take a double-digit lead early in the first half, and a few minutes later William Peace was back to within one possession.  The hosts finished the first half with a 39-35 lead.

It happened again several times in the second half, the last when a WPU layup cut MBU's lead to 64-62 with 2:37 left.  The Fighting Squirrels then combined a pair of three-point goals from the left corner by graduate student Quintin Hart (8 pts.) and Ignacio's last six points, including four at the free throw line in the last minute, to ice the victory.

There's no rest for the Fighting Squirrels, who are back on the PAC's hardwood floor Saturday at 2 p.m. against USA South rival Pfeiffer (5-5, 1-1 USA South), which dropped a 98-95 overtime decision Friday night at Southern Virginia.