THE RUNDOWN
The DBU Men's Basketball team fell to St. Edward's University by a score of 87-80 in Austin late Saturday afternoon. DBU (15-5) splits its road trip 1-1, while falling to 9-5 in conference play entering the final month of the regular season.

The Patriot offense that flowed so freely Thursday night against St. Mary's was given no easy points versus the third ranked Hilltopper defensive. DBU was forced into difficult shots on almost every possession and made the most of it, shooting a respectable 46 percent from the floor. DBU overcame two double digit deficits before exhaustion set in during the final five minutes as the Patriots settled for poor shots. A series of missed Hilltopper free throw and timely Patriot buckets in the final minute provided DBU one final opportunity with St. Edward's clinging to an 84-80 lead.
 
Sophomore guard Carson Hughes recorded 20 points for the Patriots, nailing difficult jumpers all game on 60 percent shooting from the field. Hughes was joined in double figures by Chandler Jacobs and Jalen White, who combined for 22 points on 63 percent shooting.
 
THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
-St. Edward's remains undefeated at home and improves to 16-13 in the all-time series.
-Jalen White took advantage of his extra minutes this week with a combined 17 points and seven boards in the last two contests.
- The Patriots have a shot at revenge when the Hilltoppers come to the Burg Center on February 20th.
 
HEAD COACH BLAKE FLICKNER ON THE GAME 
"St. Ed's is tough; they force you to be great on both sides of the ball and they are hard to prepare for. They jumped on us early, but we battled back. I'm proud of the way we competed to take the lead in the second half. Carson had a great day for us, and Jalen gave us some great minutess as well."
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
37 – St. Edwards received 37 opportunities at the charity stripe and converted 26 of them.
46 – The Patriot bench erupted for 46 points against the Hilltoppers, scoring over half of DBU's point total.
14-14 – DBU struggled to move the ball efficiently against St. Edward's, tallying 14 assists as well as 14 turnovers.
 
UP NEXT
The Patriots are back in action at home versus Cameron on February 6th at 7:00 p.m.