February 13, 2020

Waxahachie, TX- Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) Men’s Basketball team welcomed in Mid-American Christian University (MACU) to the Sheaffer Center on Thursday night. The #2 ranked Evangels (24-1, 14,1) gave the #15 ranked Lions (19-4,11-4) their only loss over the past fourteen games in January by the score of 90-86. SAGU went toe-to-toe once again with the Evangels and fell just short, this time by the score of 80-79.

Top Performers

• Nykolas Mason ( SO/Frisco, TX ) posted his second double-double in the last three games. He scored a game-high 29 points and pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds.
• Joshua Kashila ( JR/Euless, TX ) and Darian Davis ( SR/Garland, TX ) were the only other Lions players in double-figure scoring with 14 points each,
• Kashila led all players with 5 assists.
• SAGU won the rebounding battle 41-31 including a 13-10 advantage in offensive rebounds.
• SAGU shot 44% (28-63) from the field including just 24% (6-25) from behind the arc.
• The Lions outscored the Evangels 36-30 in the paint, but MACU’s bench outscored SAGU 37-10.

Lions Review

• Noah Boling ( FR/Van Alstyne, TX ) hit the first three-pointer of the game to give the Lions a 3-2 lead over the Evangels.
• Back-to-back three-pointers by Mason and Kentton Williams ( SR/Levelland, TX ) gave SAGU an 11-7 lead with 14:21 left in the half.
• MACU came back with a 16-4 run to take a 23-15 lead with 9:34 remaining in the half.
• Davis nailed a long-range shot to cut the lead to 27-21, but the Evangels went on an 8-0 run to extend the lead to 35-21 with 5:42 remaining in the first half.
• The teams traded baskets as SAGU would trail 39-31 the halftime.
• SAGU spent the first several minutes of the second half trading baskets with MACU, but the couldn’t cut the Evangel lead below seven points.
• A Terrance Hubby ( SR/Mansfield, TX ) layup left the Lions trailing 57-50 with 11:18 to go in the game.
• The Lions couldn’t seem to come up with any stops as they continued to trail 66-56 with 7:48 left.
• SAGU made it a point to get Mason the ball down the stretch and it paid off. Mason tied the game 69-69 with two clutch free throws. He scored 11 of the Lions’ 13 points during that time.
• MACU got the lead back to five (76-71) until Davis hit a massive three-pointer for the Lions to make it a one-possession game again.
• Mason got the rebound after an Evangels missed free throw and pushed the ball up the floor. He hit a short jump shot off the glass to give the Lions a 79-78 lead with under ten seconds remaining.
• MACU inbounded the ball under heavy pressure from SAGU then bobbled the ball around half court. They threw up a wild shot from about 35 feet as the whistle blew to signify a foul.
• The Evangels hit two of the free throws to escape with the 80-79 win.

What’s Next

SAGU will look to regroup as they travel to Oklahoma as they battle the University of Science & Arts (Okla.). The game will be played on Saturday, February 15 ^th at 3:45 pm.

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