ATLANTIC CITY — Dallas Hobbs scored 18 points and had seven assists, and sixth-seeded Mount. St. Mary’s beat No. 4 seed Iona 63-49 on Saturday night to win its first Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship title. Mount St. Mary’s took the lead for good about four minutes into the secon d half and then finished the game on a 20-8 run. Mount St. Mary’s (22-12), which entered 2-7 against Iona, also won a program-best 22 games, besting its 21-8 mark during the 1995-96 season. Mount St. Mary’s trailed 26-25 at the break before leading 33-32 with 16:06 to play. The Mountaineers later stretched the advantage to eight points before the Gaels used a 9-3 surge to get within 43-41 with 8:24 left. Dola Adebayo and Hobbs hit consecutive 3s to cap a 12-2 run and the Mountaineers led 55-45 with 3:50 remaining. Mount St. Mary’s shot 12 of 24 from the floor and 6 of 9 from long range in the second half. Adebayo finished with 15 points and Arlandus Keyes added 14 for the Mount. Hobbs and Keyes each finished with four the Mount’s seven 3-pointers. Dejour Reaves scored 19 points to lead Iona (17-17). Mount St. Mary’s is in its third season in the league after playing in the Northeast Conference from 1989-2022, where it went 6-1 in championship games. ...read more read less