SE Holds on For 104-102 Win over Miners

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Adam Dworsky, Jett Sternberger, and Ante Brzovic each scored over 20 points as Southeastern held on for a 104-102 victory over Missouri S&T in game two of the Doubletree Thanksgiving Classic in Springfield, Mo.
 
The win is the team's fourth in-a-row, lifting the Savage Storm to 4-1 on the season heading into Thanksgiving break with the next game on the schedule coming on Dec. 2 with a trip to Weatherford, Okla., to open the Great American Conference schedule against Southwestern Oklahoma State.
 
Dworsky finished with a game-high 25 point, going 10-of-15 from the floor with a 3-for-5 effort from beyond the arc.
 
Sternberger and Brzovic finished with 21 points each, with Brzovic going 10-of-13 from the field and Sternberger hitting 6-of-12 from three-point range.
 
Kellen Manek also cracked double figures with 14 points and Bobby Johnson added 10.
 
Dworsky finished just shy of a double-double, turning in nine assists to lead all players.
 
However, Manek did finish off a double-double, pulling down 10 rebounds, while Brzovic was one short of his own with nine rebounds.
 
The first half was all offense on both sides, with Southeastern shooting 56.4 percent overall from the field and hitting nine threes to take the 55-5 lead at the break.
 
Manek and Sternberger drained threes over the first four Storm possessions and SE would take an early 9-3 lead.
 
The Miners would answer with seven-straight to lead 10-9 by the 16:32 mark of the half.
 
The teams would trade the lead one more time, but an 11-2 run capped by a Kyle Leslie three would stake the Storm to a 22-14 lead.
 
MST closed the SE advantage to just one point by the 9:28 mark and again at the 7:28 mark, but each time the Storm would respond and maintain its lead, pushing its advantage to a half-high 11 points on a Dworsky layup at the 4:01 mark, taking a 49-38 lead.
 
The Miners would hold a 13-6 scoring edge over the final four minutes of the first half however, cutting Southeastern lead to 55-51 at the half.
 
The Storm lead would evaporate quickly after the halftime break as Missouri S&T opened the second half with a 10-2 run, taking a 61-57 lead by the 17:22 mark.
 
The Storm would rally and tie the game on a Brzovic bucket, but a 13-3 run after that tie would give the Miners its largest lead of the day at 84-74 with 11:29 remaining.
 
With 10:41 to go, Dworsky would kick off a 10-0 run by scoring the next 10 points of the game on his own to tie the game at 86-86 with 8:41 to play.
 
SE would finally regain the lead on a Brzovic three at the 7:03 mark, but MS&T would answer and held a 92-90 lead with 5:56 remaining.
 
A Manek three would kick off an 11-2 run to retake the lead and held a 101-94 advantage with 2:01 to play.
 
The Miners would close to within two points with 46 seconds remaining, but a Brzovic put-back on an offensive rebound would draw a foul and the ensuing free throw would give Southeastern a 104-99 lead with two seconds to play.
 
MS&T would drain a three-quarter-court shot at the horn to make the final score 104-102.