The American University men's basketball team dropped a road non-conference game at Mount St. Mary's, 49-42. Troy Brewer posted a team-high 15 points in his first game back from a toe injury and Tony Wroblicky recorded a career-high 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting and a team-high six rebounds.

Charles Hinkle added seven points and five rebounds and Daniel Munoz posted a team-high three assists to go along with five points.

Wroblicky hit two straight jumpers and Brewer added a three before Mount St. Mary's (2-10) went on a 6-0 run to take the four-point lead early in the game, 11-7. Brewer hit a floater then drained a three on the subsequent possession to put the Eagles up 12-11 forcing the Mountaineers to take a timeout with 6:20 to play. Simon McCormack added a lay-up before Josh Castellanos answered with a three to tie it at 14.

Munoz converted on a three-point play after being fouled under the basket, but Danny Thompson hit a pull-up jumper at the foul line to bring it within one, 17-16, with 3:17 remaining in the first. Brewer hit a pair of free throws and Munoz added a lay-up for a five-point advantage. Castellanos answered once again cutting American's lead to 21-18 at the break.

American (8-6) shot 36.4 percent from the field and were 3-3 from the charity stripe in the first half. Brewer had a team-high 10 points and Munoz added five at the half. The Mountaineers were 28.6 percent from the field as Castellanos posted seven points to lead the team.

Mount St. Mary's Julian Norfleet hit a three-pointer a minute into the second half before Wroblicky scored to put the Eagles back up, 23-21. American went on a 7-2 run highlighted by a Hinkle tre before a jumper by Barber cut it to 31-10 with 10:15 to go.

The Eagles led by as many as four after a Brewer three, but a Raven Barber jumper and pair of free throws from Castellanos tied it at 38 all with 4:25 left. Mount St. Mary's regained the lead, 42-41, off a Xavier Owens tip-in on a Castellanos miss from three-point range with 1:39 remaining. Hinkle knotted the score at 42 apiece hitting one of two from the line but American wasn't able to hold on as Castellanos knocked down 5-of-6 free throws down the stretch.  

Castellanos had 15 points, with eight coming from the line, to lead the Moutaineers as the team shot 36.5 percent from the field and 72.7 percent from the foul line. Thompson posted a game-high 11 boards. American was 33.3 percent from the field and 53.3 percent from the line for the game.

American will conclude its five-game road trip at Brown on January 2 at 1 p.m. to begin the new year. The Eagles will return to Bender Arena on January 7 when they host Colgate to open Patriot League play.