JACKSON, Tenn.-Christian Brothers University sophomore guard Jeff Larkin (Cincinnati, Ohio, La Salle HS) shattered his career-high with 37 points to lead the Bucs to an 86-79 win at Union Thursday night in the regular season finale for both schools.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
• The Bucs (12-16, 10-12 GSC) seized control early when Cody Garbuzinski (Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS) led the Bucs on an 11-0 run. He scored the first five points, on a three-pointer and a layup, and he assisted on triples by Alex Trentman (Alexandria, Ky./Bishop Brossart HS) and Jordan Miller (Fulton, Ky./Fulton City HS), who gave the Bucs a 17-7 edge with 12:36 remaining in the first half.
• The Bulldogs (19-9, 13-9) used a 7-0 burst to close within 26-22 on a Brennan Bowling triple with 7:31 remaining in the half, but they would come no closer again.
• The Bucs used a 20-10 run to stretch out a 46-32 lead on a Jack Hummel (St. Louis, Mo./Chaminade HS) layup in the final minute of the first half.
• Union used an 8-0 run early in the second half to pull within 49-43 on an Ashanti Day layup with 17:07 remaining.
• CBU answered with a methodical 19-9 run that ate away more than half the second half, culminating in a Tyler Estep (Cincinnati, Ohio/Reading HS) layup that gave them a 68-52 lead with 6:35 remaining.
• The Bulldogs responded with a 13-2 run to pull within 72-67 on a Bowling three-pointer with 3:17 remaining. Union came within five points five times in the final three minutes, including coming within 83-79 on a Jordan Montgomery triple with 11 seconds remaining, but the Bucs sank 3-of-4 free throws in the final 10 seconds to salt away the victory.

KEY STATS:
• Larkin scored 18 points in the first half and followed with 19 in the second half, shooting 14-of-24 from the floor, including 4-of-9 from three-point range. He was 5-of-6 at the free throw line, adding three assists and three steals. His previous career-high was 26 points against Harding in November.
• Drew Hildreth (Memphis, Tenn./Bolton HS) scored 13 with nine rebounds and two blocks.
• Miller added 12 with five rebounds, four assists and four steals.
• Hummel added six points and three rebounds in eight minutes off the bench.
• The Bucs shot 51.7 percent (31-of-60) from the field, including 50 percent (11-of-22) from beyond the arc.
• Union was 44.2 percent (23-of-52) overall, including 41.4 percent (12-of-29) from three-point range.
• The Bucs out-rebounded Union 37-30, including an 11-8 edge in offensive boards. The Bucs committed 15 turnovers while forcing 12.

NOTABLE:
• Larkin's 37 points tied for the seventh-most in a game in school history, also tying for the most points by a player in the Mike Nienaber era. 
• He is the first CBU player to score 37 since Scott Dennis had 37 at Ouachita Baptist in 2011. The last CBU player to score more than 37 was Randy Engel, who scored 38, also at Ouachita Baptist, in 1994.
• CBU handed Union their first home loss of the season. Union had been 12-0 at home before Thursday night's game.

WHAT'S NEXT:
For the second year in a row, the Bucs head to second-seeded West Georgia as the No. 7 seed in the VisitSpaceCoast.com Gulf South Conference Championships Tuesday night. The winner advances to the semifinals Friday evening at the Pete Hanna Center at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. The championship game is set for Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m.