Box Score MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (February 10, 2022) – The St. Thomas University (STU) Men's Basketball team upsets #19 Southeastern University 83-72 from the Fernandez Family Center on Thursday evening. The Bobcats have now put themselves in contention of being a top seed in the Sun Conference and set themselves up for a good chance at hosting a playoff game.
 
Bobcat Starters
Augustus Stone
James Harris III
Jonas Parker
Dwayne Russell
Chris Whitaker
 
Game Notes

• St. Thomas scored the first bucket of the game as Jonas Parker got the offensive board and the bucket.
• Southeastern quickly got in rhythm and brought the game even at 10 all five minutes through the first half.
• The Fire looked to spread the game open early taking a 19-12 lead before St. Thomas had a run of their own.
• A 17-2 run completely tilted the board in favor of the Bobcats with eight minutes to go before halftime taking a 29-21 lead.
• Southeastern slowly started chipping away and found their way back to a tied ball game at 31 all before Justyn Rogers knocked down a big time three-pointer.
• Jonas Parker hit a pair of free throws to close out the half and give STU a two-point advantage.
• St. Thomas is known to be a second half team and they continued the trend as Will Brown III came out firing three-point daggers.
• The Fire flipped the scoreboard five minutes in to make it 52-50 on a Riley Minix jumper.
• Chris Whitaker then turned it around and made six straight points for STU to regain the lead and make it 58-53 with 12:14 on the clock.
•  Both teams traded off baskets to keep it the lead steady on the side of STU.
• Dwayne Russell exploded on a run of his own going to work in the paint scoring 11 straight points that had the Fernandez Center up on their feet.
• This run gave the Bobcats a 78-72 lead with just under a minute of half left to go.
• The Russell dunk and Jahsim Floyd block at the one-minute mark solidified the win for the Bobcats as it deflated the Fire spirits and bench energy.
• The Bobcat defense shutdown SEU for the final two minutes of the contest.

 
Box Score Notables
STU held SEU eight points under their season average.
Dwayne Russell continues his double-double streak now at 13.
The Bobcats knock off their first ranked opponent this season.
 
Up Next
St. Thomas will travel to Ave Maria, Fla. to take on the Gyrenes in another tough matchup that will help determine seeding in the conference championship tournament. Tipoff is scheduled for Saturday, February 12 at 4 p.m.