LAKELAND, Fla. – Southeastern men's basketball comes off a 1-1 Sun Conference week and looks to regain momentum heading into matchups with Ave Maria and Thomas this week.
After leading for all but 11 seconds of regulation, the Fire fell to #10 Warner in overtime, 81-70 to kick off the week. The loss snapped a four-game win streak and set them back to 0-3 in The Sun Conference.
Jake Hodges led the Fire with 20 points and was 8-for-15 from the field. Warren Hall carried the Royals with the game high 33 points.
Two days later, with 1.2 seconds to play against St. Thomas, a
Matt Crowe long ball salvaged the week and helped the Fire to their first TSC win of the season, 79-78. Crowe ended the night with five points, three assists, and two rebounds. With 23 points apiece,
Caleb Konieczny and
Larry Taylor led all scorers while Konieczny added 11 rebounds for his first double-double of the season.
To date, the Fire hold two top ten rankings in NAIA Division II. They sit at fourth in 3-point field goal percentage with .419 and have connected on nearly half of their total field goal attempts with a .494 percentage, good for tenth in the nation and first in the conference.
UP NEXT:Home vs. Ave Maria University (TSC), Tonight at 8:00 p.m.Last Year: 11-19, 4-14 TSC…Lost to SEU twice in the regular season, first 68-63 in 2OT then 58-54…Ninth seed in TSC postseason play…Fell to eighth seed Webber 71-59 in the opening round.
This Year: 4-12, 2-2 TSC…Conference wins are over Thomas 71-60 and Webber 79-66…Most recently lost to Johnson & Wales 81-77 in OT…Average 62.75 points (SEU 84.24) and 31 rebounds (SEU 37) per game…#1 Martez Harris and #3 Brandon Dean lead the team averaging 15.3 points apiece per game…#2 Exor Torres follows with 10.8 points per game and is ranked first in NAIA Division II in free throw percentage with .939.
Home vs. Thomas University (TSC), Thursday at 7:30 p.m.Last Year: 18-11, 9-9 TSC…Split with SEU losing 93-80 then winning 79-76…Sixth seed in TSC postseason play…Lost to third seed SEU 86-64 in the opening round.
This Year: 6-10, 0-3 TSC…Most recently fell to Florida Memorial 82-66 and Keiser 77-64…Ranked 14
th in NAIA DII in offensive rebounds per game with 14.06 (SEU 10)…Average 68.13 points (SEU 84.24) and 40 rebounds (SEU 37) per game…Led by #2 Javoris Cooks who averages 13.8 points per game…#15 Adonai Rogers (13.3) and #5 Mike Lyons (10.9) also average double digits.
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