Box Score MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – In a hard fought battle at the Fernandez Center Saturday night, the St. Thomas men's basketball team prevailed over Webber International, 61-58.  The win improved the Bobcats to 18-7 on the season and 9-1 in The Sun Conference as the Warriors dropped to 10-13 on the season and 4-10 in The Sun Conference.

Senior center Everson Lacerda, from St. Thomas recorded a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Jakeem Hill led both teams with 24 points, he also grabbed 8 rebounds. David Marlar came up with 13 points in a loss to St. Thomas.

St. Thomas trailed Webber, 33-25 at the half shooting just 33% in the opening stanza.  The Bobcats would explode with an 11-2 run to give STU the lead 36-35 with 17:30 to go.  Webber would pull away with an eight-point lead, 56-48, with 6:46 remaining, but the Bobcats then outscored the Warriors 13-2 down the stretch. 

The game came down to the final minute as Hincapie hit two free throws to tie the game and then give STU the lead 59-58 with 58 seconds to go.  On the next possession, freshman swingman Lorel Beckford blocked a shot by Webber's David Swan and then pulled down an offensive rebound off a Hincapie miss with 23 seconds left.  Beckford was immediately fouled, then hit two free throws to put the Bobcats up by three.  The Warriors would miss two desperation three-pointers as time expired.

Warriors would challenge Ave Maria University on February 13, 2012 at 7 pm.