{"id":5255,"date":"2019-12-21T08:09:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T13:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=5255"},"modified":"2019-12-21T08:10:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T13:10:30","slug":"oppenheimers-career-night-leads-to-overtime-win-vs-william-jessup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/12\/21\/oppenheimers-career-night-leads-to-overtime-win-vs-william-jessup\/","title":{"rendered":"Oppenheimer’s Career Night Leads to Overtime Win vs. William Jessup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Southeastern University men’s basketball team needed overtime to down the William Jessup Warriors 98-85. Senior Jeremy Oppenheimer<\/a> couldn’t be stopped and totaled a career-high 38 points in the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oppenheimer commented on the team’s performance, “We had a good team win, everybody stepped up, Reggie [Mesidor] hit big shots, Malcolm [Holman], Dylan [Patrick] had big minutes, the bigs, it was just a good team effort and the guys just trusted me to lead. I just try to lead by example. If I’m on the floor, if I’m hustling, if I’m making the extra pass I believe that trickles down to the rest of the guys.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two teams went back and forth in the first half as the game was tied at 22 with 9:33 remaining until halftime. The Warriors went on an 18-7 run that gave them an 11-point advantage with 1:41 left in the half and would take that lead into the locker room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior forward Karl Jeanty<\/a> impressed early for the Fire, nearly tallying a first-half double-double with nine points and nine rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a team the Fire shot 46.4% from the field in the first half of play and outrebounded the Warriors 24-18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oppenheimer gave his team a bucket whenever they needed it in the first half to keep the game close, and that continued in the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 13 points in the opening half, Oppenheimer picked up where he left off converting an acrobatic and-one to cut the deficit to eight for the opening points of the second half. William Jessup wouldn’t let up, however, and stretched their lead to 60-48 with just under 14 minutes to play. Southeastern found their rhythm and went on a 17-7 run that got them within two of the Warriors with 7:54 to play. During that stretch, Oppenheimer scored or assisted on nine points for the Fire as he found Alowei Talent-Fitzgerald, Devon Ford<\/a>, Malcolm Holman<\/a>, and Riley Minix<\/a> for key baskets. He would go on to finish with a 38-point, 10-assist double-double.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minutes later trailing 72-67, freshman Reggie Mesidor<\/a> knocked down back to back shots from beyond the arc to give Southeastern its first lead since the early going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Jessup hit a three that tied the game with thirty seconds left and sent the game to overtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fire outscored the Warriors 15-2 in overtime to secure the victory. Oppenheimer went 6-6 from the free throw line to close the door on William Jessup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mesidor got the nod in the starting lineup and responded with 15 points. Talent-Fitzgerald, Minix, and Holman contributed off the bench, combining for 25 points and 19 rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fire host Welsh University tomorrow at 2 p.m. in an exhibition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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