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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA. -- Gwynedd Mercy had their season come to an end with a 90-56 defeat to Williams College in a NCAA Tournament Second-Round contest Saturday night.

Courtney Cubbage led the Griffins with 18 points while Rich Dunham added 13 and Clayton Wolfe with 11. Dunham hit a career milestone as the junior scored his 1,000th career point in the second half.

The Ephs, out of the New England Small College Athletic Conference, were led by James Heskett's game-high 30 points while teammate Bobby Casey added 21. The duo combined to hit on nine of the team's 12 three-pointers.

Williams got out to a slow 10-0 lead before a bucket from Somah Slewion and a three from Dunham got GMercyU on the scoreboard. Now trailing by nine midway in the stanza, the Ephs connected on back-to-back-to-back triples followed by a bucket from Heskett to make it a 27-7 advantage. The team was just 9-of-35 in the first half shooting, going 1-for-11 from behind the arc.

The Ephs, who shot over 60% in each half, took a 44-19 lead at halftime.

Cubbage's putback off a miss at the 14:10 mark looked to spark Gwynedd to a 56-37 score, but Heskett's three-point play kept Williams in front the rest of the way.

The loss also marks the end of the careers of the team's three seniors: Cubbage, Wolfe, and Matt Sommers. With Wolfe joining the Griffins this season, the team and its three seniors notched its fourth-straight 20-win season. Cubbage and Sommers enjoyed a pair of conference championships and a 2-2 record in the NCAA Tournament including a win over nationally-ranked Marietta. Among the other highlights of the 2018-19 season include the 300th career coaching win for head coach John Baron, and three players that eclipsed the 1,000th career point mark (Wolfe, Cubbage, and Dunham).

Gwynedd Mercy finishes the season with a 20-9 record and the first-ever Atlantic East Conference Championship.