Men's Basketball Falls to IU Southeast in Final Second Thriller

NEW ALBANY, IN – The Brescia University men's basketball team dropped a close matchup against the Grenadiers on the road by a one-point decision. The 90-89 loss extends the Bearcats' overall record 5-13 and 3-10 in RSC play.

In this battle of the programs, an emphatic dunk by Taeron Hogg would give the Bearcats an 11-8 lead. With just a one-point lead, Gonzalo Luque popped a transition three on the give from Cory Gardner to give the Bearcats a four-point advantage. The Grenadiers continued to shoot from beyond the arc where they struggled as BU dominated in the paint. A Gardner layup pushed the Bearcat lead to six with a minute and some change remaining in the first half. The 12-6 foul count against the Bearcats in the first 20 minutes gave 16 of IUS's 45 points at the charity stripe.

Coming out of the break, the Bearcats jumped out to a 7-0 run against the Grenadiers. IUS came surging back to take the lead with 13 minutes left as they take the two-point advantage. Down by nine with under four minutes to go, BU began their run for the lead. Camden Pfeister would check back in after a quiet night and drill a three pointer to cut the deficit. Gonzalo Luque rumbled down the lane on the transition steal for an and-1 layup to get them within three. After a missed three on the home side, Cory Gardner would follow up a missed layup for a tip-in lay to shave off another point to the Grenadier lead. IUS had plenty of chances at the other end to make a three after two missed attempts as a BU team rebound would give way for a timeout call. With seven seconds left, John Saenz used a deceiving ball fake to get around a defender as he finished near the rim for the possible game winning layup as BU took the lead 89-88. Another lopsided foul call on the Bearcats gave the Grenadier point guard a chance to win the game at the line to shoot two.

The Bearcats ran out of time to get a shot off as they dropped the road match, 90-89.

Cory Gardner and Taeron Hogg paced the Bearcats with a combined 48 points as John Saenz continued to clean the glass with seven boards. Gonzalo Luque had 15 of the Bearcats' 23 bench points as he shot 6-9 from the field and 2-4 beyond the arc.

The Bearcats return home for another conference matchup against Midway with a tip-off time of 3pm CT.