Townsville, Queensland, Australia: Southern Utah led most of the game but fell 76-71 on Tuesday night to the Townsville Heat. SUU led 60-53 in the 4th quarter but Chris Cedar scored 18 of his game leading 26 points from that point on to grab the victory for the Heat. Daniel Egan had 21 points and 13 rebounds in the game for the Heat scoring mostly in the first half. Cedar scored 16 of the Heat's first 18 fourth quarter points.

SUU was led by Matt Hodgson with 18 points, while Matt Massey had 14 and both players had double-doubles with 11 rebounds each. Damon Heuir playing before his hometown fans had 14 points and 6 assists while Jordan Weirick scored 14 points, most of them coming in the first half. Jackson Stevenette had 6 and Ryan Brimley 5.

The lead in the game changed hands 16 times and the game was tied 9 different times. Egan and Cedar combined for 47 of Townsville's 76 total. Coach Roger Reid felt like his team played hard and just couldn't stop the talented duo of Egan and Cedar. SUU led 43-36 at the half and 56-53 at the end of 3 quarters.

Thursday night at 7:30, SUU will take on the Southern District Spartans near Brisbane.