Cougars Snap MBB Win Streak

SPRING ARBOR, Mich- The Men's Basketball team came into the came with Spring Arbor as hot as anyone in the country winning six straight games. The Crusaders were hoping to avenge an early season loss to the Cougars after falling on a last second shot back in Lansing in November. The Cougars had other ideas as they jumped out to a 23-6 lead and never looked back. The Crusaders struggled to hit shots today like they did the previous two games. Despite the early lead the Crusaders were able to a cut a 20 point deficit to 12 at the break.

In the second half the Crusaders came out with great energy on the Cougars and were able to cut the lead to eight multiple times but were unable to get any closer. The Cougars disciplined offensive approach wore the Crusaders down at the Cougars would go onto win 94-69. Jahmal Eggleston had his best game of the year scoring 21 points and grabbing 9 rebounds for the Crusaders as bright spot GLCC. The six game win streak was tied for the longest win streak in program history.

Inside the Box Score:

• Cougars would have 27 assists on 22 turnovers while the Crusaders had just 6 assists on 6 turnovers.
• GLCC shot 33 percent from the floor compared to SAU 55 percent
• Cougars would outrebound the Crusaders 56-33 on the glass
• GLCC also went just 13/24 from the free throw line.

What Coach Says:

"Tonight wasn't our night. We just came out sluggish and SAU made us pay like any good team. I did not feel like we moved the ball well or shared it to find the open man the way we should have. Our team is really hard to guard when we want to move the ball, and we just did not do a good job at that evidenced by our 6 assists as a team." On the defense, "We have to sharpen some things up in our zone for sure. SAU is a very disciplined and patient team they made us guard for the full 30 seconds, and we have to make some adjustments and tweaks to get better." On where to go from here, "This is a great growth game for us. It is good for us to get this kind of game late in the year. I believe our group will refocus and we will get better from this."

What's Next:

Great Lakes Christian College Crusaders will travel to Nashville to take on Welch College February 5 and 6.