ANNVILLE, Pa.--Four of the five Blazer starters reached double figures to power the Hood College men's basketball team to an 88-72 victory over McDaniel College in the championship game of the 15th Annual Lebanon Valley College Rinso Marquette Tournament Saturday.

The Blazers captured their second in-season tournament championship after taking the title at last season's Moravian College Greyhound Starters Classic.

The Blazers trailed for a total of only 1:03 in the entire tournament on three brief possessions in the first half of today's game.

In the first stanza against McDaniel, the Blazers and Green Terror found themselves deadlocked on five occasions. McDaniel's Ryan Finch converted a fast-break jumper to give the Green Terror a slim 37-35 lead with 26 seconds remaining, but sophomore Tim Abercrombie fed senior Sean Robine under the hoop for a layup at the buzzer and the two squads went into the lockerroom tied at 37-37.

Robine led all scorers with 15 points and the Blazers committed only four turnovers in the first stanza.

Hood broke the game open in the second half with a 24-8 burst in the first 7:44 to assume a 61-45 lead, capped by a Jesse Gutekunst layup. The Blazers maintained their double-figure advantage virtually the rest of the half; the Green Terror got within nine at the 8:52 mark on a three-pointer in transition by Ryan Brandenberg, but Abercrombie answered right back for the Blazers with a triple on Hoodýs next possession.

The Blazers shot a scorching 65.5 percent (19-29) from the field in the second half. The Green Terror, meanwhile, shot just 32.6 percent from the floor and did not attempt a single foul shot in the second period.

Robine, who was selected as the tournament Most Valuable Player, poured in a career-high 23 points on 9-of-15 from the field including 4-of-7 from behind the arc. Abercrombie tallied 18 points, including 14 Hood's second half scoring explosion, to go along with seven rebounds and four assists. Gutekunst finished with 16 points and six boards and sophomore Ryan Junghans, who also earned all-tournament accolades contributed 13 points.

The Blazers and Green Terror will square off again in just three days when Hood travels to Westminster Tuesday for its first round contest in the second annual Provident Bank Pride of Maryland Tournament at 7:30 p.m.