February 15, 2020

Chickasha, OK- Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) Men’s Basketball team began their four-game road trip on Saturday afternoon as they traveled to Oklahoma to play the University of Sciences and Arts (Okla.) (USAO). The Lions (20-4, 12-4) were able to battle through adversity and get the win against the Drovers (13-13, 6-10) by the score of 98-92.

Top Performers

• Nykolas Mason ( SO/Frisco, TX ) scored a game-high 34 and pulled down 10 rebounds to secure his third double-double in the past four games.
• Kentton Williams (SR/Levelland, TX ) also recorded a double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds.
• Josh Kashila ( JR/Euless, TX ) (23) and Noah Boling ( FR/Van Alstyne, TX ) (10) were the other Lions to reach double-figure scoring.
• SAGU shot 42% (34-80) including 34% (9-26) from behind the arc.
• SAGU won the rebounding battle 43-35.

Lions Review

• SAGU hopped out to a quick 10-4 lead thanks to eight points from Williams.
• Mason would score the next seven points as SAGU held a 17-8 lead with 14:11 left in the half.
• USAO turned right around and went on a 9-2 run to draw back within one possession at 19-17 with 12:02 before the half.
• Williams scored another bucket to give SAGU a 24-17 advantage, but the Lions relinquished the lead as the Drovers scored 11 unanswered points to take a 28-24 lead.
• SAGU went cold for a few minutes and allowed USAO to build a 37-27 lead with 5:25 before the half.
• Kashila and Mason combined for 16 points in the last five minutes of the half to bring SAGU within one point of the lead at half time (49-50).
• Boling hit a shot from behind the arc to give SAGU it’s first lead since the 9:23 mark in the first half.
• Kashila cashed in once again from deep to extend the lead to 61-54.
• The Drovers wouldn’t go away without a fight as they went on an 8-0 run to take the lead back 62-61 with 13:55 remaining in the game.
• Cortland Blake ( FR/Fort Worth, TX ) gave the Lions some breathing room by hitting from behind the arc pushing the SAGU lead to 70-64 with 11:33 left.
• USAO got close again at 85-81, but it was Mason with a couple of clutch buckets to push the lead back to eight (89-81).
• The Drovers cut it to a one-possession game 98-87 with 3:11 in regulation, but Williams got two tough paint baskets to extend to 93-87 with under 2:00 minutes to go.
• SAGU was money from the free-throw line which sealed the win for the Lions down the stretch.

What’s Next

SAGU will be in action again when they travel to Langston University on Thursday, February 20 ^th at 7:45 pm.

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