MBB @ LU 3/3
Richard Clifton
71
Mid-America Christian MACU 22-8
76
Winner Langston LU 23-7
Mid-America Christian MACU
22-8
71
Final
76
Langston LU
23-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Mid-America Christian MACU 38 33 71
Langston LU 31 45 76

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Reese Cusiter - MACU Sports Information

Men's Basketball Tremendous Run at SAC Championship Ends in Tough 76-71 Loss to Langston

LANGSTON, Okla. – The MACU Men's basketball team dropped a very tough loss to No. 22 Langston falling 76-71 inside the C.F Gayles Fieldhouse in the SAC Semifinals.
TOP PERFORMERS
  • Juwan White – 18 points, 4-10 FG, 9-11 FT, 4 reb, 3 ast
  • Josiah Fulcher – 16 points, 5-12 FG, 6-6 FT, 5 reb
  • Tarrance Gaines – 10 points,4-7 FG, 2-4 3FG, 5 reb, 4 ast, 2 stl
GAME SUMMARY
  • First Half
    • Mid-America Christian (22-8) got on the board first with a deep lob from behind the arc by Juwan White that found a breaking Tarrence Gaines :12 seconds into the game. Langston (23-7) responded with a 9-2 run forcing a MACU timeout with 17:30 to go.
    • With 14:11 remaining, Josiah Fulcher brought it back to a two-possession game on a mid-ranged jumper cutting the Lions lead to 13-7. Langston scored the next six on a pair of threes, but Fulcher stepped in for a monstrous put-back jam making it 19-9 LU with 11:46 left.
    • Quentin Woodson cut Langston's lead down to seven after making a pair from the free throw line with 8:30 remaining, with the Lions leading 22-15. Gaines followed up the Woodson free throws with a trey from the top of the arc, capping off a 9-0 MACU run making it 22-18 with 8:04 to play.
    • Gaines and Woodson continued to stay hot, Gaines pulled up from behind the arc again, this time from the right elbow, and Woodson hit one at the line to knot it up at 24-24 after a 15-2 run that lasted over six minutes for MACU.
    • After the next ten points went an even five-five for the teams, Keeshawn Mason banged a three from the top of the arc providing the Evangels with a 31-29 lead. White scored the next four points unanswered making it a 9-2 run and a 35-31 lead for MACU with 2:30 remaining.
    • Fulcher connected twice from the charity stripe and Woodson hit another free throw, wrapping up a 12-2 run that covered the last four minutes of the half with the Evangels carrying a 38-31 lead into the break.
  • Second Half
    • The Lions came off the break hot, igniting a 7-0 surge finished off on a Mario McKinney dump-off pass to Kamron Price who laid it in under the basket, tying it up at 38-38.
    • MACU answered with five unanswered including a deep three from White putting the Evangels ahead 43-38 3:39 into the half.
    • Magok Manyang brought the MACU lead to 48-41 after Woodson dime'd him on the kickout, allowing Manyang to splash the trey from the left elbow with 14:00 left.
    • Leading 50-43, the Lions caught fire, going on an 13-2 run that was just under two minutes that featured 3-of-3 shooting from three-point land allowing the Lions to retake the lead 54-52 with 9:53 to go. The Lions were not done as they scored the next seven to take a 61-54 advantage.
    • MACU scored five straight points making it a one-score game, including an acrobatic reverse layup by Gaines shortening Langston's lead to 61-59 with 4:54 to go.
    • Both teams went back-and-forth over the next 3:38 with a 5-5 even split in scoring forcing a Langston timeout with 1:18 left. A team offensive rebound led to an inbound play that gave Bryce Monroe five seconds to make a play before the shot clock expired, in which he succeeded with a jumper from the free throw line making it 68-64 Lions with :38 seconds left.
    • White turned and burned on the MACU inbound pass executing layup with 31 seconds to go, putting the Evangels down 68-66.
    • The final 31 seconds went down to a battle of free throws, with the Lions winning it 8-5 to pull away with a 76-71 victory.
GAME NOTES
  • Mid-America Christian outshot Langston from the floor, going 21-for-44 (47.7 percent) compared to a 24-for-59 (40.7 percent) for the Lions. The biggest difference maker was behind the arc, as Langston made 11 of its 30 threes compared to MACU's 5-for-15.
  • MACU came out the gates slow, falling behind 22-9 with 11:22 left, however they held Langston to just 3-of-11 from the field the rest of the half, outscoring them 29-9 in the process to take a seven-point lead into the break.
  • Juwan White led the Evangels in points with 18. He made the last five points for MACU, finishing 9-for-11 in free throws.
  • Josiah Fulcher dropped 16 points on 5-for-12 shooting with five boards.
  • Tarrence Gaines had an all-around solid game, he put up 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting with five rebounds, four assists and a pair of blocks.
  • The MACU bigs had efficient days as well, Keeshawn Mason went 5-for-7 for 13 points and Quentin Woodson had 9 points on 2-of-4 from the floor and 5-of-9 at the free throw line.
UP NEXT
  • Mid-America Christian now awaits for the NAIA Selection Show that takes place Wednesday Mar. 6 at 7:00 p.m.
 
 
 
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