LEXINGTON, Va.--Sophomore Ryan Junghans buried a school-record eight three-pointers and finished with a career-best 38 points to pace the Hood College men's basketball team to a 92-82 victory over the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Mariners Saturday in the consolation game of the Washington & Lee Tournament at the Warner Center.

The Blazers avoided their first back-to-back losses of the season and up their record to 8-3 overall. The Mariners dip to 5-4.

After the Mariners drew first blood on a three-pointer by Pat Grace, Hood reeled off the next 13 consecutive points and would not relinquish their lead the rest of the way. Junghans gave the Blazers their biggest lead of the stanza, 30-18, with a trey at the 8:11 mark. Hood took a 38-33 edge into the half.

The Blazers used another spurt at the start of the second half to regain a double-figure advantage. Clinging to a 50-46 lead at the 16:30 mark, the Blazers scored 10 unanswered points over a span of 2:41 to go up by 14. King's Point drew to within seven with just under two minutes to play but connected on just one of its final eight field goal attempts down the stretch.

All nine Blazers to see time on the court scored at least three points. Junghans, who was named to an all-tournament team for the second time this season, eclipsed the previous school record of seven triples set by Dennis Tressler against John Jay College Nov. 26, 2005.

Sophomore Anthony Bennett matched his career-high with 17 points on 6-of-15 shooting. Junior Jesse Gutekunst, who played limited minutes due to foul trouble, finished with eight points, nine rebounds and three assists. Sophomore Jeff Willison hit 3-of-4 shots for six points off the bench while senior Sean Robine grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds. Senior Darnell Edmonds had a solid all-around effort with eight points, eight rebounds and a season-high 10 assists.

The Blazers surpassed the 90-point plateau for the second time this season and picked up 20 assists on 31 buckets.

Hood returns to Frederick Saturday for the first of five straight home games at Thomas Johnson High School. The Blazers square off against Messiah College Jan. 6 at 2 p.m.