LAKELAND, Fla. – The Brewton-Parker men's basketball program wrapped up its weekend road trip to Florida with a matchup against Southeastern (Fla.) in Lakeland.

The Barons (0-6) faced a prolific Fire (3-0) program that was too much to handle.

Head Coach Stephen Birchfield had a few thoughts to share after the game. "Southeastern is as good as it gets in the NAIA and they were more than we could be ready for," Birchfield said. "When you play a team like that, you have to be rock solid with defensive fundamentals and we did not manage that well."

"Tonight's game had to be one of the strangest games I have ever coached against Southeastern," Birchfield mentioned. "We had moments where we played well and found open opportunities to score but we couldn't find water if we jumped off a boat."

"I think recent adversity that has hit our team has caused us to doubt ourselves when we shouldn't," Birchfield added. "This group is going to be good once they start to believe in themselves."

How It Happened

• The Fire opened the scoring with two free throws with the Barons equalizing early. After the leveling score from Brewton-Parker, Southeastern reclaimed control and slowly built up their lead. The Fire pulled away into a double-digit lead with just under 14 minutes remaining in the first half. Brewton-Parker was unable to pull back into a single-digit deficit for the half as Southeastern bolstered their lead to 27 as they led 48-21 at the break.
• The second half was not much different as the Barons found it difficult to gain any momentum on the Fire. Southeastern continually increased upon their lead and built up to a 46-point advantage late into the second half. Brewton-Parker slowly chipped away at the lead, but not enough time was on the clock. The Barons closed out the game on an 8-0 run to move the final score to 92-63.

Inside The Statistics

• As a team, the Barons shot for 35.1% (26-for-74) from the field and 16.7% (6-for-36) from beyond the three-point line.
• Emmanuel Green led the way with 11 points followed by Cameron Cherry with nine points. Antrell Williams led the team with six rebounds on the night.
• The Fire outrebounded the Barons 58-30.

Other Notables

• The bench produced 43 points for the Barons.
• Both teams scored 20 points off of turnovers.
• Brewton-Parker gave up 12 turnovers while Southeastern gave up 22.
• The Barons led 14-6 in steals over the Fire.

Next Up

• Brewton-Parker returns to action as they are set to take on Thomas (Ga.) on Monday in Thomasville at 6 p.m. ET.