A season high for Ian Kanady in only half the game led his team to a South Region win as TBC Eagles Men's Basketball defeated the Chargers of Southeastern Baptist College 87-57 Saturday afternoon on the home court. Kanady led all scorers with 21 points in only 21 minutes played.

Entering the game seven minutes in, Kanady wasted no time announcing his presence. He burried his first five shots, three of them three-pointers, to amass 13 first-half points and help the Eagles build a very comfortable lead at the break.

[Ian Kanady scored 21 points in 21 minutes on Saturday.]

Kanady was 8 for 9 overall from the field and 5 for 6 from three-point range. He left after scoring 8 more points only eight minutes into the second half with a personal best 21 total points.

Trailing 10-6 early, the Eagles went on a 14-0 run started on DJ Thompson's layup. During that run, Brandon Hill, Diego Fernandez, and Kanady combined for the next 12 points, including threes from both Fernandez and Kanady.

After Southeastern Baptist's Johnny Sims broke that run with a layup, the Eagles finished the first half with a 20-10 showing in the final eight minutes to take a halftime lead of 41-20.

Using mostly reserves for the bulk of the second half, TBC continued to score and pressure the Chargers, leading to a 46-37 margin to put up the final score.

In that second half, freshman Brycen Rowland shined the most with a trio of three-pointers and a free throw to hit double digits (10) for the first time in his collegiate career.

[Brycen Rowland hit three threes in compiling double digits on Saturday.]

Ten different players scored points in the second half, including Josh Bledsoe, Davion Fitzgerald, Shadrack Kakora, and Kenny Berry, who each contributed 2 points in the win.

In addition to Kanady and Rowland, Fernandez (17) and Thompson (11) also hit double digits. Hill, Ethan Bray, Xavier Rose, and Jacquez Anderson each tallied 4; Gavin Korth-Loder put in 3, and Ja'Maryus Pringle added 1.

The Eagles shot 53% overall from the field and were over 61% well into the second half. They hit a season-high 12 three-pointers and sank 9 free throws.

Southeastern Baptist shot very well in the second half (48%), but the Eagles' defense held the Chargers to only 28% in the first to help build the big advantage. A'Donnis McGill led his team with 14 points while Sims and Jacoby Robinson scored 11, and 10, respectively. Adonnis was 7 for 12 from the field and pulled in a game high 9 rebounds.

The Eagles will travel to USCAA Trinity College of Florida on Tuesday before returning home to take on the South Region's Bob Jones University for a 4:00 p.m. tipoff on Saturday, February 1. The final home game is on February 8 against Trinity College of Florida. The four games afterward are all on the road.