Men's Season Comes to an End with Loss to Warner

Box Score Warner, Fla.- The Southeastern University men's basketball team ended their season tonight with a 79-57 loss to Warner University.
 
In the first half, the Fire quickly went down 6-2 after three Royal layups but fought back to eventually take their first lead with 15:56 on the clock after freshman Sean Shore recorded seven points within two minutes of play to put the Fire up 13-12. After a good Royal jumper to regain the lead, junior point guard Riley Matticks registered his fifth point of the contest with a good three pointer to put the Fire back on top 16-14. The Royals managed to tie the game at 18 with 13:19 remaining before the half but another Shore three pointer allowed the Fire to hold the 21-18 lead. Karl Jeanty extended the Fire lead to four with just under 10 to play but after two three pointers and two made free throws by the Royals, Warner responded with the fourth lead change of the half to go up 29-25. Jeanty then again tied the score at 31 with six consecutive Fire points and just under four minutes on the clock. The Royals were able to put some space between themselves and the Fire before going into the locker room after scoring the next seven points giving themselves the 38-32 advantage to open the second half.
 
The Fire struggled to get into a shooting rhythm in the second half and shot only 29% from the field collectively. The Fire managed to keep the game within three in the first four minutes of the half but were unable to contain the Royal offense after Warner went on a 10 point run to extend their lead with 10 left to play. Reggie Mesidor recorded a good layup and two made free throws to bring the score to 60-47 but another eight point Royal run stretched the deficit to 20 with 5:47 remaining. Matticks recorded his second three pointer of the night with less than a minute to play but it would prove insignificant as the Fire fell 79-57.
 
Jeanty ended his senior season with his best performance of the season after recording 23 points and 12 rebounds while Shore also registered a season high 14 points.
 
The Fire end the year with an overall record of 12-16 and 6-15 in conference play.