Jan. 18, 2009

1.17.09 - Claremore, Okla.- The Mid-America Christian University (MACU) men's basketball team was defeated by Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) opponent Rogers State University (RSU) 89-62 on Saturday evening at the Claremore Expo Center.

The Evangels battled back and forth with RSU only trailing by a bucket (41-39) at the end of the first half of play with a Brandon Williams field goal at the buzzer. MACU led three times in the first half of play. The largest lead in the first half came with 3:42 to play when RSU took a six-point lead.

The game was tight for the first part of the second half but an RSU 25-0 (86-57) run late in the second half left the Evangels unable to catch up.

The Evangels had 24 turnovers compared to the Hillcats 12.

Tyron Goldsmith led the Evangels with a season high 20 points and seven rebounds.Eric Young led the Hillcats in scoring with 18 points and Roderick Rodgers had 10 rebounds.

With the loss MACU drops to 1-15 overall and 0-9 in the SAC. The win moves RSU to 15-1 overall and 9-1 in conference play.

The Evangels will host St. Gregory's University on Thursday January 22nd at 8 p.m.