December 3, 2019

Waxahachie, TX – Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) played host to Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) foe Texas Wesleyan University (TXWU) Tuesday night at the Sheaffer Center on SAGU campus. The Lions (6-2, 0-2) fell to the Rams (8-2,1-1) late losing by the score of 103-97.

Top Performers

• Kentton Williams ( SR/ Levelland, TX )  managed a double-double logging a team-high 36 points and 11 rebounds.
• Darian Davis ( SR/Garland, TX ) pitched in with 23 points and 7 rebounds of his own
• Nyk Mason ( SO/Frisco, TX ) also hit double-figure scoring with 11 points despite playing only 8 minutes in the game.
• SAGU shot 46% (37-80) as a team from the field and 34% (11-32) from the three-point line.
• The Lions were finding the open man as they assisted on 45% of their made baskets.
• SAGU turned TXWU over 17 times and turned them into 15 points.

Lion Review

• Williams, Mason, and Davis each had a basket as SAGU traded baskets early with TXWU.
• Kentton Williams and Noah Boling ( FR/Van Alstyne, TX ) hit back-to-back three-point field goals to stretch the SAGU lead to 19-13.
• Nyk Mason hit another long-range shot pushing the lead to 26-17 but was hit with his second technical foul of the half which disqualified him from the game.
• The Rams took advantage, stringing together a 9-2 run to find themselves down only two points 28-26 with nine minutes left in the first half.
• Every SAGU run was answered by TXWU as the Rams took a 51-49 lead into halftime.
• Davis scored the first 5 points for SAGU to open up the second half, but Williams was scoring at will as he notched the next 11 SAGU points giving the Lions a 65-60 advantage.
• TXWU found themselves down 78-72 but quickly answered with an 8-2 run of their own to tie the game at 80 with 8:07 remaining.
• The two teams traded baskets until the Rams hit 3 consecutive three-point field goals to find themselves up 93-84.
• SAGU pulled within 3 points (93-90) thanks to an offensive rebound and stick back by Davis, but the Rams hit their free throws down the stretch closing the door on a Lions comeback.

What’s Next

SAGU (6-2, 0-2) will try to beat Paul Quinn College (1-8 0-0) for the second time in three weeks as they welcome them to the Sheaffer Center on December 19 ^th at 7:00 pm.

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