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MBK TNU VS EMBRY-RIDDLE
106
Winner Trevecca Nazarene TNU 2-0,0-0 Gulf South
75
Embry-Riddle (FL) ERAU 1-2,0-0 Sunshine State
Winner
Trevecca Nazarene TNU
2-0,0-0 Gulf South
106
Final
75
Embry-Riddle (FL) ERAU
1-2,0-0 Sunshine State
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Trevecca Nazarene TNU 39 67 106
Embry-Riddle (FL) ERAU 29 46 75

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Flavia Ramirez

Trevecca Men’s Basketball | Jett-Powered Offense Leads Trojans to Bahama House Title: Record-Setting Defense

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Jett Montgomery emphatically announced his arrival to the scene for the Trevecca Nazarene University men's basketball team on Saturday evening. The sophomore product of Independence High School powered the Trojans to another impressive victory in the Bahama House Shootout.
Montgomery poured in more than double his previous career best of 15 with 35 points as Trevecca (2-0) cruised past the host Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Eagles (1-2) 106-75. The 35-point effort was the first time a TNU player has reached the 35-point barrier in a single game since Jikari Johnson netted 36 in a loss to Valdosta State on February 8, 2025.
The Trojans set an NCAA-era program record for steals in a game for the second night in a row. They pilfered the ball 17 times against ERAU after swiping it from the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish 15 times on Friday afternoon.
The Trojans opened a season 2-0 for the first time since 2011-12, following Friday's 73-62 win over No. 13 Palm Beach Atlantic with Saturday's victory.

THE SERIES

The contest marked the fourth all-time between the two teams, and the second to take place in Daytona Beach. Trevecca lost the previous meeting at ERAU back on November 22, 2003, but since that time, the Trojans have won three straight to take a 3-1 all-time lead over the Eagles. The 31-point margin was Trevecca's largest in the series.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The game started slowly, as neither team scored in the opening 2:35 of play when ERAU opened the scoring. Trevecca needed nearly another full minute to get on the board when Tylan Lewis broke the seal for TNU to knot the score at 2-2. The Eagles scored the next six points, as Trevecca continued to scuffle on the offensive end, but with 12:33 to play in the opening half, Montgomery connected on two free throws, and the Trojans found their spark. Lewis, Montgomery, and Fred Bailey combined to lead the Trojans on an 8-1 run that helped the Trojans grab the lead, 10-9.
The lead changed hands eight more times in the next five minutes, but as the clock ticked down, Trevecca asserted control. The Trojans rattled off 10 straight tallies to turn a 20-19 deficit into a 29-20 lead with 5:23 to play, and at the break, the Trojans had pushed their edge out to 10 at 39-29.
Shahar Lazar connected from deep twice in the first 1:31 of the second half, and that started a 3-point barrage. The Trojans buried an impressive 11 second-half 3-pointers, and they did so on only 16 attempts. The Trojans created separation with a 13-4 run in just more than three minutes, and it was capped by a fast-break bucket from Montgomery that pushed the Trojans' advantage to 52-35.
With 13:13 to play, Montgomery gave the Trojans a 21-point lead, again on the fast break, as he scored to push the margin to 68-47, and from there, Trevecca simply managed the gap, while working in players from deeper in the rotation. The lead reached as many as 33 points in the final seconds when Cam Webster finished through contact at the rim with only 34 ticks of the clock remaining, and the Trojans took the win to cap their weekend, 106-75.

THE TEAM

Trevecca made 40 of 77 (51.9%) shots in the game, and they were 14-for-35 (40%) from beyond the arc. At the charity stripe, Trevecca was 12 of 18 (66.7%) in the contest. The Trojans out-rebounded the Eagles 42-34, and they forced 22 ERAU turnovers which the Trojans turned into 28 points. Trevecca dominated the scoring in every way, 52-32 in the paint, 28-9 off turnovers, 27-16 on the fast break, 30-25 off the bench, and 22-15 on second chances.
Trevecca scored 67 points after halftime and reached 106 points for the first time since a 107-71 win over Valdosta State on December 18, 2025.

THE PLAYERS

Four Trojans reached double digits, led by Montgomery and his career-high 35 points. Bailey narrowly missed a triple-double with 16 points, eight boards, and nine assists; Lazar scored 13, and in only 15 minutes, Eli Williams chipped in 11 markers. Lewis and Jeremy Jackson, Jr. each scored eight points, and Lewis snared seven rebounds. In total, 11 TNU players put points on the scoresheet in the game.
Montgomery connected on 12 of 17 shots, including six of 11 from deep, and was perfect on five free throws. His 35 points left him just three shy of Devin Whitfield's NCAA-era program record of 38. Bailey tied his career high with the nine assists and set a career high with five steals. Williams made his collegiate debut and buried three 3-pointers, while Lewis set collegiate career highs in both points and rebounds.

UP NEXT

Trevecca will return home to the Trojan Fieldhouse to take on a team they have been battling since the second game ever played in TNU basketball history. The Trojans will host the Bryan College Lions (3-4) at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17.

 
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