Balanced Effort Leads Men's Basketball to Victory

HILLSBORO, Ohio- The Great Lakes Christian College Men's Basketball team traveled continued their January road trip Monday evening against the Southern State Patriots. The Crusaders defeated the Patriots 111-70 in the first meeting. The second meeting the Crusaders were able to insert their will on the Patriots, but were struggling from three point line in the first half. GLCC used their pressure to harass the Patriots into turnovers which led to easy baskets for the Crusaders. Jahmal Eggleston led the Crusaders in scoring in the first stanza with 12 points. GLCC went into half time with a 37-28 lead. 

In the second half, the Patriots would show fight to battle with the Crusaders and were able to cut the Crusader lead to two before GLCC answered with a 19-0 run to put the game away. Quincy Green and JaQuin Jones led the Crusader run with their scoring punch. Basit Seidu put the finishing touches on the run with a thunderous transition dunk. The Crusaders would cruise to a 86-58 win over the Patriots. Quincy Green scored a semester high 18 points in the victory. GLCC improves to 13-9 on the year including 8-1 in NCCAA play. The thirteen wins is the second most in a season in Men's Basketball program history.

Inside the Box Score:

• Every Crusader found the scoring column in the game.
• Crusaders had a program record 29 assists in the game
• GLCC forced 32 turnovers on 17 steals
• Jahmal Eggleston finished with 18 points and 9 rebounds, Eggleston has been in double figures in 7 of 8 games this semester.

What Coach Says:

"It is always great to have everyone play in the game and score. I thought although score in first half was closer than we wanted, we actually played okay. We did not hit some shots in the first half, but in the second half we really made our defense our offense. We utilized all of our defenses and we really did a nice job keeping them off balance. I was really happy with how we were sharing the ball. We worked hard to find the open man, that is evidenced by our 29 assists." On the rest of the week, "We have two more games on this road trip that we have to remain focused for, both teams we are playing are good, and very strong at home. It will be a quick turnaround but this stretch is good for us as we are preparing for postseason. We are focused on playing our best basketball at the right time."

What's Next:

Men's Basketball will travel to Berrien Springs, Michigan on Wednesday to take on Andrews University Cardinals. Tip off is scheduled for 7:30pm.