LACEY, Wash. — The Saint Martin's Men's Basketball team notched its fifth consecutive win, defeating Douglas College 114-34 at Marcus Pavilion on Sunday, December 14.

The 80-point victory margin is the largest in a game since Saint Martin's defeated Puget Sound Christian College 111-27 during the 2005 season.

The Saints saw an explosive offensive team performance, led by a historic performance from Ronyo Obou — the junior scored 40 points, the third most points scored in a game in Saints history and the most since 2003. Obou's nine three-pointers is a new program record for threes made in a game. The 40 points scored by Ronyo Obou is the sixth-highest single-game scoring performance of any Division II player this season.

The win improved the Saints' record to 8-2 on the season.

How It Happened

First Half

• Douglas College held an early 5-3 lead out of the gates, but Saint Martin's turned up the heat and built a pivotal lead in the first half.
• A 21-0 run by the Saints saw the home team take a commanding 24-5 lead with 13:57 remaining in the first half.
• Ronyo Obou led the Saints with 22 points in the first half, as the Saints shot 21-33 (63.6%) from the field and 14-19 (73.7%) from three-point range in the first half.
• The Saints forced 18 turnovers in the first half, and saw the team's lead extended to 64-20 at halftime.

Second Half

• The Saints continued to hold a steady lead in the second half, as Saint Martin's pushed the advantage to 82-26 at the 10-minute mark.
• Saint Martin's was stifling defensively in the final 40 minutes of play, limiting Douglas College to just 18.52% shooting from the field and 14.29% shooting from beyond the arc.
• The Saints shot an efficient 60% shooting from the field in the second half, finishing the game 61.8% as a team.
• Saint Martin's continued to extend the lead through the second half, out scoring the Royals 50-14 and going on to win 114-34.

Top Performers

• Ronyo Obou led the Saints with 40 points, the most points scored in a game by a Saints men's basketball player since Nick Gibbs scored 43 points against Western Oregon in 2003. Obou shot 14-19 from the field and 9-12 from three-point range, while adding five assists, four rebounds, and two steals.
• Patrick Kilfoil scored 19 points in 18 minutes played, shooting 5-7 from three-point range.
• Matthew Lindblom totaled 17 points, seven assists, and five rebounds.
• Jahmarian Forrester led all players with 12 rebounds, while adding eight points and two blocks.
• Pablo Navarro finished with 11 rebounds and nine points.

Team Stat of the Game

• Saint Martin's allowed just 34 points, the sixth time in program history that the team has allowed 35 or fewer points in a game. The points allowed total is the lowest since allowing 34 against Douglas College in 2021.
• The Saints held a 48-22 advantage in team rebounding, and limited the Royals to just 25% shooting from the field.

Up Next

The Saints will continue a five-game home stretch next week, facing Pacific at 6 p.m. on Dec. 16 and Pacific Lutheran at 6 p.m. on Dec. 18.