DAVIE, Florida – The University of The Bahamas men's basketball team hadn't won an international matchup since 2020 and wanted to put a stop to that streak against Millenia Atlantic University over the weekend.

In a game with seven lead changes and nine ties it was clear the matchup would come down to the last forty-five seconds as The Mingoes won 69-67 at The David Posnack Jewish Community Center in Davie, Florida.

With 38 seconds to go in the second half, captain Theodore Grant capitalized on a steal and tough layup to pull the Mingoes within one point at 65-64.

After the inbound, The Mingoes again with a steal to create another fastbreak opportunity that forward Jerehemiah Miller converted on the put back to give the team the 66-65 lead.

After MAU's quick layup to go up 67-66 and then Grant back on the line with two-free throws—the first he connected on—the game was tied at 67-67 with 27 seconds to go in the half.

With 15.1 on the clock, Grant stole the ball and again found Miller for the go-ahead layup.  Mingoes with the 69-67 lead as MAU pushes the ball and an unfortunate foul by UB stopped the clock for a backcourt out of bounds restart.

Mingoes allowed MAU to get the ball in the front court and deflected the pass out of bounds with 3.1 seconds to go. 

On the inbound, the UB defense held MAU's top scorers at bay.  MAU was able to get off a wobbly three-point attempt that hit the top of the backboard with no hope of going in the basket to give The Mingoes the 69-67 win.

Jeremiah Miller scored 21 points with 12 rebounds and forward Gabriel Styles scored 18 points with 9 rebounds in the win.

"Everything just came together and everyone just played with heart and our defense was really on point despite a few mistakes," Miller said. "We really wanted it more than them."

Styles, who also had four steals and four blocks, said it was clear what worked for the team. "We played with a lot of defensive intensity and that lead to offence," Styles said.

Grant scored ten points to go along with 12 assists and eight steals said it was clear defense won them the game.

"Our defense really picked up in the last half of the game and we really capitalized on the defense creating offence for us out there," the senior captain said. "The press we had out there really got MAU aggravated and that caused turnover that we were able to convert."

Gregory Cox scored five points and had seven rebounds for the Mingoes while Audley Russell pulled down six rebounds and scored six points to aid in the win off the bench.