December 13, 2014
Contact: Scott Jamison
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scott.jamison@sfcollege.edu

SF MEN'S BASKETBALL

O'BRIEN LEADS SAINTS PAST MIAMI DADE, 62-58

Gainesville, FL – Santa Fe freshman Kevin O'Brien had a career game on Saturday afternoon against FCSAA #7 Miami Dade College (8-4) on the first day of the Florida Colleges Shootout, finishing with 24 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the field and 6-for-6 from the three point line.  The Saints (9-5) led by as many as 20 in the first half, but had to hold on against the surging Sharks for a 62-58 win.

Morris Marshall started the Saints off with 10 points through the first four minutes to stake them to a 12-5 lead and O'Brien picked it up from there, pouring in 16 points over the final 12 minutes of the half to give SF a 41-25 lead at the break.

The second half was all Miami through the first 12 minutes as they trimmed the lead all the way down to 51-50.  The Sharks missed a free throw with a chance to tie and on the other end Kevin O'Brien buried a three pointer to push it back to a two score game. 

Miami Dade would get it as close as two the rest of the way, but two clutch free throws by Allen Baez sealed the victory for Santa Fe.

O'Brien's 24 led all scorers, Morris Marshall added 10 points, all in the first half, and Allen Baez had 10 points and eight assists.

SF won despite being outrebounded 44-30 and 24-8 on the offensive end.  They made 42% of their shots from the field and finished 10-of-17 (59%) from the three point line.

The Saints will continue in the Florida Colleges Shootout on Sunday against Broward College at 1:00 PM.  The game can be seen live on www.ihigh.com/santafesaints  

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