THE RUNDOWN
The DBU Basketball team fell 87-80 to Daemen on Friday evening in a non-conference match-up in Austin, Texas. DBU attempted to erase a one-point halftime deficit, but Daemen's brilliant shooting performance held off the Patriots for the remainder of the second half. The Wildcats shot 52 percent from the field and saw 22 points from Jeff Redband who was 6-7 from the field and 4-5 from beyond the arc.

Daemen led by 11 points with just under eight minutes remaining in the second half. The Patriots answered with a run to cut the lead to five with 2:04 left to play, but Daemen held the Patriots at bay making 16-22 free-throws to seal the game.

Chandler Jacobs was the Patriots leading scorer with 21 points, matching his second-best performance on the season since Lubbock Christian (11/29). Jordan Manse finished with 17 points and four rebounds, while Zach Lord posted 14 points of his own. Conner Lidiak was 3-9 from beyond the arc to finish with 11 total points.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- DBU shot 78 percent from the free-throw line, opposed to Daemen's 72 percent.
- With the win, Daemen is 11-1 on the season and is on a nine-game winning streak.
- The DBU loss is the first loss since December 17th against No. 20 Chaminade at the Hoops in Hawaii D2 Power Invitational.

COACH BLAKE FLICKNER ON THE GAME
"Daemen is a very good team and they shot the ball extremely well tonight. They really did a great job at having answers for whatever we threw at them today. There were some bright spots. I thought JT had a good defensive game. Zach and Jordan shot the ball well and Chandler had 21 with 8 assists. But overall we had too many defensive breakdowns and we got impatient on offense."

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
58.3 – Daemen shot an impressive 58.3 percent from beyond the arc in the second half, with four of them coming from Jeff Redband.
52 – Chandler Jacobs (21) Jordan Manse (16) and Zach Lord (14) combined for 52 points and combined for 12 assists.
45 - The Patriots shot 45 percent from the field, and were 11-14 from the free-throw line. 

UP NEXT
DBU will face St. Edward's to resume Heartland Conference play on the road January 10th at 7:30 p.m.