Titan Basketball Team Enters the Second Round at the NJCAA National Tournament

Events, General News

The St. Petersburg College Men’s Basketball team will be battling it out against #2 Hutchinson Community College in the Second Round of the NJCAA National Tournament.  The Titans are coming off of a 70-53 victory over Highlands Community College (IL).  Please click here for a game recap and photos from the Hutch Newspaper.  The Titans were led by NJCAA Region VIII Player of the Year, Jason Burnell.  Burnell had 20 points and 13 rebounds in the SPC victory and looks to continue his dominance tomorrow against the Hutch Community College Blue Dragons.  Tip-off is scheduled for 1pm EST Wednesday the 22nd!  The game can be viewed live at www.njcaatv.com! 

 

About Jeff Cavanagh

Jeff Cavanagh spent his freshman year at St. Petersburg Junior College back in the early 70s before enlisting in the United States Navy. Soon after, he attended Jacksonville University on a Navy ROTC scholarship. After college, he was commissioned and became a qualified Surface Warfare Officer spending the next 22 years honing his skills as a ship-handler and expert recruiter before retiring in 1994. Jeff expresses a deep sense of pride in St. Petersburg College due to connections that go back many years. His father, Tom Cavanagh, was a career Air Force fighter pilot and combat veteran who taught Geography and Western Civilization at St. Petersburg Junior College in the 60’s and 70’s.