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THE RUNDOWN
AUSTIN, Texas – Landon Goesling scored a career-high 33 points and St. Edward's closed out 2017 with a 119-84 win over Dallas Christian at the RCC Sunday. The Hilltoppers tied for the sixth-best single-game points total in school history and hit 17 3-pointers, which tied for the second-most all-time in the victory.

Goesling hit 10-of-15 shots from the floor, 6-of-7 from beyond the arc and was 7-for-7 from the free-throw line in the win. The junior guard has double figures in all 14 games for the Hilltoppers (11-3) this season, and his previous career-high was 28 points.

Dorian Lopez had his sixth double-double of the season with 20 points and 10 boards while Sean Phillips (14), JAMES TAYLOR (14) and Matthew Paterson (10) joined Goesling and Lopez in double-figures scoring.

Dallas Christian led in the first half by as many as four points and shot 8-of-15 from 3-point land in the first half to keep close to SEU. However, after the Hilltoppers carried a 50-43 lead at halftime, the home team exploded in the second half for a season-high 69 points compared to the Crusaders' 41.

HIGHLIGHTS
• SEU tied for the sixth-highest single-game points total Sunday with 119 (119, at Concordia Texas, 12/12/92) and was 10 points off the school record of 129.
• The Hilltoppers hit 17 3-point field goals on 35 attempts, which was tied for second-most in school history. SEU also hit 17 threes vs. Harding (12/19/11) and vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State (11/19/11).
• SEU pulled down 53 rebounds, the most since Dec. 7, 2013 vs. Open Bible College (58).
• SEU's 26 assists were a season-high and tied for the 10th most in school history; it was the sixth time an SEU team has had 26 assists in a game.
• The Hilltoppers tied a season high with six blocks, led by CORY MCKENDREE's two.
• Landon Goesling's 33 points was a career-high, and the junior has scored in double figures all 14 games this season and 22 times in his career.
• Goesling's six 3-pointers made doubled his previous career-high of three (three times accomplished).
• Ryan Garza, in his first career start, had season-highs in assists (7) and rebounds (4).
• Dorian Lopez's 20 points and 10 boards gave the sophomore his sixth double-double of the season. He's scored in double figures 26 times in his career (12 this season) and grabbed double-digit boards nine times in his career (six this season).
• JAMES TAYLOR's 14 points gave the junior 36 career games with double-figure scoring (11 this season).
• Sean Phillips had a season-high six assists and scored 14 points to give the freshman eight games this season with 10 or more points.
• Phillips hit four 3-pointers giving him 18 3-point field goals in his last four games.
• Matthew Paterson scored 10 points, a career-high, passing his previous best of six points.
• All SEU players played and all scored with the exception of Justin Robinson; Robinson played his first three minutes of the season after sitting the first 12 games due to injury, and he grabbed one rebound.

STAT OF THE GAME I
28 – The Hilltoppers turned 15 offensive rebounds into 28 second-chance points.

STAT OF THE GAME II
47 – The Hilltoppers reserves outscored Dallas Christian's non-starters 47-15.

THEY SAID IT
SEU head coach Andre Cook on playing after several days off …
"You know there's going to be some rust when the guys go home for a week. It's hard to get in gyms nowadays in 2017, so you're hoping they just maybe get a couple workouts in. We got them back on the 27th and kind of started the process of coming back. Obviously, this game was strategically placed here before we get ready for next week. That team, they play a lot of DIIs. [Dallas Christian] they shoot a lot of threes, so it's a little unorthodox opponent, but also it's an opponent that we can run our offense and get some shots in, get some quality looks and we did that tonight."

Cook on SEU's long-range game …
"That's what we recruit. We want to make sure, the way we run our offense, that we bring in guys that can shoot the basketball. We spend a lot of time shooting the basketball. We work on it. The guys are in the gym shooting. You can see the results, 17-for-35. Six different guys made threes. We spend a lot of time on it and it is nice to see them go in."

Cook on the team heading back into conference play …
"I feel we're in a good spot. This was a good game for us. We've had lots of meetings, lots of time together this week to kind of make sure we are all on the same page. Make sure our heads are right. We know what's in store for us. We know the great challenges and we'll start the discussions on that tomorrow. What a terrific Dallas Baptist one loss team. They're a fantastic team. They've had our number the last couple of years, so it's going to be a great challenge, but we are looking forward to going to Dallas."

Junior guard Landon Goesling on getting back on the court after the holiday break …
"We came out, like you said, and shot the ball really well. I am sure this week or so has really helped us kind of get guys with fresh legs. We've been banged up a little bit, so a lot of the guys got healthy. We were able to hit some shots early to kind of get us going and I think that's when we're at our best, when we are hitting shots from multiple guys on the team."

Goesling on pulling away in the second half …
"I think we just stuck to the game plan. That was one of the things in our game plan was that these guys are going to make shots, they shoot a lot of threes and they hit them early, but we stuck to the game plan and stuck to our defensive principles. It started to show and pay off in the second half."

WHAT'S NEXT
SEU resumes Heartland Conference play at No. 17 Dallas Baptist Thursday at 7 p.m.