EMMITSBURG -- If there was a game on Mount St. Mary's schedule the Mountaineers figured to win, it probably was their meeting with Wagner at Knott Arena last night.
The Mount had beaten Wagner by 29 points on Jan. 21, the most one-sided Northeast Conference win of the year for coach Jim Phelan's team.
Mount St. Mary's -- which was undefeated at home -- came into the game with a record of 11-10 to Wagner's 6-14.
But despite how the game appeared on paper, Wagner won, 93-81.
Things were close until the final five minutes when Wagner connected on a series of three-point shots.
Todd Rohlin, a little-used senior, came off the bench at that point to hit a pair of threes and put Wagner ahead, 72-68.
That served to ignite the visitors, who followed with threes by Tony Rice and Milan Rikic to put Wagner ahead 79-70 with two minutes remaining.
Rice had a career-high 33 points for the winners, including six of eight from three-point distance.
Chris McGuthrie was high scorer for the Mount (11-11, 9-5) with 19.
"This just shows you how wacky this league is," said Wagner coach Tim Capstraw. "You can't relax against anybody. You've got to play good to win."
Phelan, in his 41st year coaching the Mount, was disappointed with his team.
"We can't stand prosperity," Phelan said. "That 12-point win was deceptive. It was really 14, 15. We've got to find out about our character.
"Our guard play fell down. We couldn't shoot. We've got to have a gut check."
The game started as if it might be another Mount runaway.
McGuthrie made the first shot of the night -- a three-pointer -- and 7-footer Randy Edney jammed one in and Mount St. Mary's led, 5-0.
Wagner narrowed the gap but continued to trail until 6-9 freshman David Foster stuffed to tie the score at 27-27 with 5:46 left in the half.
The visitors didn't take the lead for the first time until Dan Seigle scored at 2:05 to make it 33-31. Rice's two free throws gave the Seahawks a 35-31 lead, but the Mount came back to tie it at 35 on a jam by Mike Brown just before halftime.
The Mount led by seven points (63-56) after a stuff by Matt Meakin with eight minutes left, but things deteriorated from there.
"We didn't do anything to stop them all night," said Phelan. "That's why we went to a zone. We couldn't stop them man-to-man."