JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Santa Fe College Men's Basketball led the whole way for the third consecutive game, jumping on Florida State College at Jacksonville early and holding on late to preserve a Central Conference victory, 74-69.

First Half – SF 42, FSCJ 31

The Saints produced the game's first 15 points and came out strong to the tune of establishing a 22-2 lead.

The Blue Wave didn't score for the first five minutes of play, and the Saints had contributions from a little bit of everyone early on the offensive end to go ahead big.

The FSCJ offense started to come alive a bit for the rest of the half, and cut the deficit to as low as eight points, 39-31, with a three-pointer nearing the one-minute mark of the half.

Bradley Douglas countered, however, with a triple off the dribble in the final seconds to give the Saints the 11-point lead.

Although SF wasn't shooting the ball all too particularly well, they had forced 10 FSCJ turnovers by half while committing just three of their own.

Second Half – SF 74, FSCJ 69

The lead reached 16, 57-41, when Douglas canned another trifecta nearing the 13-minute mark.

The Saints' largest advantage of the second half proved to be 17 points, 65-48, when Brandon Farmer connected on a three with 6:48 to play.

In the game's final minutes, SF was never really threatened, and kept FSCJ no closer than eight points until the Blue Wave sunk a half-court heave at the buzzer to get to within five.

Key Statistics

SF kept FSCJ winless on the season by sinking 11 three-pointers and taking quality care of the basketball, turning it over a season-low six times.

The Saints continued to display a balanced attack, with five different players reaching double-figures.

Douglas paced SF with 15 points to go along with a team-high seven assists. Farmer had 13 off the bench, and Hasan Abdul-Hakim finished with 12.

Nicolas McClain (11 points, 8 rebounds) and Nikolaos Noumeros (11 points, 7 rebounds) also had key contributions.

Up Next

The Saints (16-4, 4-2 Central) host Eastern Florida State College (16-6, 6-1 Central) on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 4:00 p.m., in hopes of gaining some ground on the Titans in the Central Conference standings.