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THE RUNDOWN
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – JAMES TAYLOR's bucket with 35 seconds remaining broke an 81-all tie and St. Edward's held on for an 85-81 win Saturday at The Eagles Nest over Oklahoma Christian (5-9, 1-2).

Five SEU (12-4, 2-2) players scored in double figures with SEAN WATKINS leading with 17 points, Taylor added 16 off the bench and LUCAS DORIA made the most of his first collegiate start with career highs in points and rebounds with 13 and nine, respectively.

Seventeen lead changes and 12 score ties were the story of the see-saw game. However, a late run by the Hilltoppers helped seal the road victory. DORIAN LOPEZ began an 11-0 run against his former team with a bucket with 8:14 remaining to give SEU a 69-68 lead. A Watkins 3-pointer and buckets from Taylor, COREY SHERVILL and another from Lopez built a 78-68 lead with 4:28 to play.

From there, OC responded with a 13-3 run over the next 3:29 to knot the score at 81, but Taylor's seventh field goal gave the Hilltoppers the lead. The Eagles missed their final four field goal attempts and LANDON GOESLING added two free throws with 12 seconds left to seal the game.

HIGHLIGHTS
• SEAN WATKINS scored a season-high 17 points, which was also his 25th career game (ninth this season) with double digit scoring.
• Watkins' six assists Saturday helped him surpass Jerry Farias (250, 1981-85) for 6th all-time on the SEU career assists list. Watkins carries 253 into Thursday's game with UAFS.
• Watkins tied a career-high with five 3-point field goals, which gave him 100 3-point field goals for his career and moved him to 10th all-time on the SEU career list passing Jeff Miner (98, 2008-11).
• LUCAS DORIA's first career start resulted in career highs in points (13) and rebounds (9) for the sophomore post. It was the first time in his career to score in double figure; Doria was 4-for-7 from the floor and grabbed six of his nine boards on the offensive end.
• JAMES TAYLOR scored 16 points off the bench on 7-of-14 shooting; Taylor has 37 career games with 10-plus points and a dozen this season.
• COREY SHERVILL scored a dozen off the bench on 5-of-13 shooting.

NOTES
• SEU evened the all-time series at 7-7 with the win over OC, and the Hilltoppers are 7-3 vs. the Eagles in the Andre Cook era.
• The Hilltoppers have won seven of the last eight games vs. the Eagles.
• LANDON GOESLING's streak of double-figure scoring games snapped Saturday at 15 games.

STAT OF THE GAME I
35 – St. Edward's reserves outscored Oklahoma Christian's 35-12 Saturday.

WHAT'S NEXT
SEU resumes Heartland Conference play at home Thursday vs. No. 4-ranked UAFS at 7:30 p.m.