The Stetson Hatters' Men's Basketball team won 86-73 against Jacksonville on Wednesday night. Stephan Swenson became the all-time assist leader for Stetson passing Angel Rivera who had 582. Jalen Blackmon also hit a career high thirty-six points tonight. 
 
Stetson opened the game with back-to-back threes from Swenson and Blackmon. The teams traded baskets and the Dolphins pulled to within one. With the score 12-11, the Hatters went on an 8-2 run. Alec Oglesby and Blackmon both hit threes during the run with Tristan Gross also adding a bucket. Stetson continued pushing on offense increasing their lead to ten. Jacksonville cut the Hatters' lead down to five, but Swenson drained a shot from beyond the arc to start an 11-0 run. Swenson tallied his fifth assist of the game on a Blackmon three making him the all-time assist leader in Stetson history. Blackmon found Aubin Gateretse in the paint, and he slammed it down just before half. The Hatters went into halftime leading 43-30.
 
Gateretse slammed one home to open the scoring in the second half and Oglesby followed that up with a three on the next possession to make it 48-30. Blackmon then scored the next eight points for Stetson. The Hatters continued to push to increase their lead and took a 20-point lead on a Blackmon jumper. Stetson continued pushing to keep their lead intact. The Dolphins brought the Hatters' lead down to thirteen, but it wouldn't get any lower as Stetson won 84-71. 
 
Blackmon scored 36 points, shooting 62.5% from the field, 50% from three and 90.0 percent from the free throw line. Oglesby was the second highest scorer on the team with 18 points. He went 6-7 from the field and 4-5 from beyond the arc while adding four rebounds and three assists. Swenson rounded out the Hatters who recorded double-digit points with 16. He also picked up four rebounds and eight assists while shooting 60% from the field and 50% from three. 
 
The Hatters picked up their 11^th conference win of the season on a night where they shot 55.8% from the field, 48.1% from three and 88.2% from the free throw line.
 
Stetson will take on North Florida on Friday, March 1^st for the regular season finale. The game will begin at 7pm will the Hatters hoping to lock up one of the top 2 seeds for the ASUN Championship.