TBC Eagles Men's Basketball closed the regular season with a trip to two South Region opponents in Southeastern Baptist College and Pensacola Christian College on Friday and Saturday, February 21 and 22. The Eagles split the two games, winning 95-76 at SEB but losing 106-77 at PCC despite playing an excellent game on all counts. Diego Fernandez totaled 54 points in the two games to lead the court each night.

Friday: TBC 95, SEB 76

Fernandez scored a career high 31 points in helping the Eagles to the season sweep of Southeastern Baptist. Fernandez was 6 for 12 from the field, including 5 for 13 from three-point range, and 8 for 9 at the foul line to amass his all-time scoring total as an Eagle, which nearly doubled the opposition's leading scorer, who had 16.

Fernandez was just one of four Eagles to score 14 or more; Xavier Rose finished with 20 points of his own from 7 field goals and 6 free throws. DJ Thompson and Ian Kanady scored 16 and 14, respectively, combining for 47% shooting with Kanady also hitting two three-pointers.

The first half featured two lead changes and 6 ties as neither team built a double-digit lead, and both stayed within 4 points of each other for nearly the entire 20 minutes. Trinity held the slimmest of leads at 38-37 at halftime.

After the break, the game continued to go back and forth and stay within a 5-point margin until Kanady's three made the score 69-62 with 7:37 left to play. The Eagles outscored SEB 26-14 the rest of the way.

Overall, TBC sank 29 free throws (18 in the second half) to help build the insurmountable lead.

Brandon Hill scored 7 points while Jacquez Anderson added 3, and Jace Spinelli and Ja'Maryus Pringle each contributed 2.

Saturday: PCC 106, TBC 77

Fernandez added 23 more points to his 12^th ranked season total in NCCAA Division 2 in 23 official games (411). Kanady scored 19 as each man hit a trio of threes in their efforts. Rose added 15 to hit double digits and added 6 assists to his 4^th-ranked total of 118 in 23 official games.

Trinity shot the ball well, 46.2%, including an even 50% in the second half. The team totaled 9 three-pointers and 20 free throws. However, Pensacola Christian had an amazing second half in which they scored 66 points on 59% shooting, 6 three-pointers, and 14 made foul shots.

Thompson scored 7 points for Trinity Baptist; teammates Brycen Rowland tallied 5, Hill contributed 4, Adrian Walker scored 3, and Spinelli added 1.

South Region Tournament

The Eagles await the final seeding for the South Region Tournament, which begins Thursday evening, February 27, at Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina. In addition to TBC, the field includes Bob Jones, Pensacola Christian, Southeastern Baptist, and Toccoa Falls.