OKLAHOMA CITY -- In a matchup featuring the top two scorers in the Sooner Athletic Conference, it was senior Brandon Williams that stole the show on Senior Day with a game-high 32 points that carried the Mid-America Christian University Evangels to a 104-89 victory over the St. Gregory's University Cavaliers in overtime Saturday evening (Feb. 25) inside the Gaulke Activity Center. 

With the win, the Evangels finish at 9-13 in the SAC, in a three-way tie for the eighth spot.   However, the Evangels will not advance to the SAC Postseason Tournament due to losing a tiebreaker with Oklahoma City and Northwestern Oklahoma State.  OCU will capture the SAC's final tourney spot due to a 3-1 record vs. MACU and NWOSU. 

Down 79-77 with 1:49 left, the Evangels (14-13, 9-13 SAC) held the Cavaliers scoreless for the remainder of regulation and tied the score on two made free throws by Reggie Davis with 24 seconds left. 

Once in overtime, the Evangels took over as a three from Davis gave MACU the lead for good and Williams followed that with another three that made it 87-81 with 2:47 remaining. 

After Brandon Jackson scored inside to stop the spurt, Cameron Langster knocked in a three that started a 12-0 spurt that featured a spectacular 360 dunk by Charlie Shorter that put the Evangels comfortably in front 99-83 with 54 seconds left. 

Shorter then went 4-of-4 from the charity stripe to put the game away. 

The Evangels got off to a hot start as a three by Williams quickly made it 18-5 at the 16:01 mark of the first half. 

The Cavaliers though battled back behind 17 first half points from Fayzon Richey to take the lead and then settle for a 45-45 tie at the break. 

SGU then surged ahead by 11 in the second half as Richey and Ronnie Hishaw combined for 16 points to spark a 23-11 run to lead 70-59 at the 11:20 mark. 

Williams would answer with eight points of his own and then fed Shorter for a thunderous dunk to cap a 15-3 run that put the Evangels up 74-73 with 4:30 remaining. 

Williams' season-high 32 points came on 10-of-12 shooting from the field overall and 6-of-7 from beyond the arc.  He also recorded a game-high six steals along with four assists.  Shorter, the SAC's leading scorer, had another solid game of 25 points and also had four assists.  George Haynes had 15 points and six boards in his final home game at MACU. He also hit 5-of-6 at the charity stripe. 

Seniors also saying farewell were Bradley Cosby (five points), Darius Gregory (seven points, five rebounds), Cameron Langster (six points, five rebounds) and Gabriel Mason (five points, four rebounds). 

Richey, the second leading scorer in the conference, had 31 points on 10-of-16 shooting from the field and 5-of-8 from three-point distance.  Hishaw had 24 points and seven rebounds, while Pud Ross scored 11 and also had seven boards for SGU (7-21, 4-18 SAC).

The Evangels will now await their opponent in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Central Regional Tournament to be held March 7-10 in Lakewood, Colo. on the campus of Colorado Christian.