THOMASVILLE, Ga. – Within less than three days, the Thomas University men's basketball team has upset two Top 25-ranked opponents becoming the home to the NAIA's newest Upset City.  While the Night Hawks battled back to defeat then No. 2 Embry-Riddle 77-70 earlier this week, the squad showed up tonight for a second edition to commandingly handle No. 20 Northwood University (11-6, 4-3 TSC) 87-73 in front of a packed TU Gymnasium.
 
Thomas jumped out to the early 18-7 lead, but relinquished its grip allowing the Seahawks to respond with an 11-0 run to pull even at 18-18 with 10:23 left in the half. The Night Hawks regained a 24-20 lead before Northwood responded to creep with in two at 30-28 with 1:35 remaining until the break.  Thomas responded with a 10-3 run to close the half with the 40-31 lead at the break.
 
The twentieth ranked Seahawks regrouped during the half and came out with the intentions to turn their fate around.  However, this notion came to a crisp end when the Night Hawks increased their lead to 19, 70-51, with just under nine minutes remaining in the contest. The Night Hawks continued on an offensive tear while the Seahawks tried to remain within an earshot of Thomas' growing lead.  The Seahawks cut the Night Hawks' lead to its lowest in the second half at 83-73 with 1:22 remaining before the pride of Thomasville ended the game on a 4-0 run to close out their second consecutive upset victory.  The Night Hawks' 87-73 victory improves them to 13-5, 4-4 TSC on the season.
 
Head coach Stephen Cox remarked, "Another great win for our program! Our guys played hard and really pushed the basketball well in transition. We did lose the rebounding battle to a much bigger team, but there are not many rebounds to be had when you we shot 58 percent from the floor. Simply put, our guys made shots!"
 
The Hunter Green and White had four in double figures.  Senior forward Alan Love led the way for the Night Hawks scoring 17 points while bring down six boards.  Classmate Max Grace had a break out performance scoring 15 while collecting four steals, three assists, and four rebounds.  Both Adonai Rogers and Rodney Sturkie netted 13 and dished out three assists.
 
Cox continued, "Most importantly tonight, we raised more money in our NAIA Suits and Sneakers fight against cancer campaign. I want to thank our fans again. They were truly the sixth man tonight. We'll lick our wounds and get back in the weight room to develop more in the morning."

The Night Hawks return to action on Saturday, Jan. 24 when they host Sun Conference rival Ave Maria University (Fla.) at the TU Gymnasium. This game is the third and final game where NAIA coaches will participate in the annual Coaches vs. Cancer program.  Tipoff is set for 3:00 p.m.

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