SALISBURY, Md. – Frostburg finished with a pair of starters in double figures, but endured an 81-65 loss at 15^th-ranked Salisbury, Sunday.
 
The contest, which was scheduled for Saturday and moved to Sunday because of snow, was a tail of two halves. SU (11-2, 6-0) outscored Frostburg 42-26 in the first, while the Bobcats (2-11, 1-5) tied the Gulls 39-39 in the second half.
 
The first-half deficit proved too much for the Bobcats, but they did bring their deficit to single digits on several occasions in the second half. Salisbury knocked down the second stanza's first basket for a 44-26 lead just four seconds into action.
 
Over the next eight minutes, FSU slowly chipped away at the score and freshman Rashad Johnson connected on a pair of free throws at 12:16 that brought the score to 51-43.
 
Junior Tyler Michael brought Frostburg's deficit back to eight, 53-45 with a jumper at 11:10.
 
Later in the second half, junior Christopher Coston hit a free throw with just under six minutes to play that pulled FSU to within nine, 63-54. He also hit layups at 5:26 and 4:45 that kept Frostburg within nine at 65-56 and 67-58, respectively.
 
Salisbury answered with a quick 7-0 run that extended its lead to 75-58 with just 3:25 to play.
 
Freshman Lawrence Pettis, Jr. closed out regulation for Frostburg with a pair of layups to make the final score, 81-65.
 
Michael led the way in the stat sheet with 20 points on 10-of-19 shooting. Junior Darren Campbell contributed a career-high 14, while classmate Zachary Coalmon grabbed 10 rebounds and posted five blocks.

Campbell opened the game with Frostburg's first nine points. He hit a three-pointer at 18:19 and again at 16:58. At 13:43, he was fouled while shooting a three-pointer and he connected on all three foul shots to pull the Bobcats to within 22-9. FSU trimmed its deficit to 10 points late in the first half and trailed 42-26 at intermission.
 
For the Sea Gulls, Justin Witmer finished with 18 points, while Gordon Jeter had a double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds.
 
Frostburg hosts York (Pa.) this Wednesday at 8:00 pm.