SQL Server :: Assign Result Of Count Stored Procedure To C# Variable?

I have an aggregate stored procedure (named sp2) that returns a count of records meeting a certain criteria ASrecCount. I am using a DAL per the ASP.NET tutorial and have created a Table Adapter (named
sp2TableAdapter) with GetData and Fill methods. I have a button on an ASP.NET page that launches an event handler. In the button's event handler, I have this line: sp2TableAdapter sp2 = new sp2TableAdapter();
What works so far:

This code will bind the value of sp2 to a data control:

sp2TableAdapter sp2 = new sp2TableAdapter();
DropDownList1.DataSource = sp2.GetData();
DropDownList1.DataValueField = "recCount ";
DropDownList.DataTextField = "recCount";
DropDownList1.DataBind();

When running this page and clicking the button, the numeric value of recCount returned from sp2 is bound to the DropDownList control and 1 row is poplated with the recCount value (in my case 1451).

Problem:
In the event handler, I do not want to bind the value of recCount to a control, but want to to use it in some logic as an integer. What is the C# code that will do this? (In place of the DropDownList control lines above)