MSM men's basketball falls to American

Nov. 23—The Mount St. Mary's men's basketball team dropped a hard-fought matchup at American 68-65 at Bender Arena on Wednesday.

Dakota Leffew paced the Mount with 20 points, while freshman De'Shayne Montgomery posted his first career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

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