Men's Basketball Snags another Road Win

GALLATIN, Tenn- Great Lakes Christian College Men's Basketball team continued their road trip in Tennessee taking on Welch College again for the second of a back to back set. The Crusaders like in the first game jumped on the flames early able to build their lead in the first half to as much as 21. GLCC led wire to wire in another road win. In the first half Crusaders scored at a very efficient 49 percent rate but the Crusaders sloppy turnovers would keep the Flames in the game.

In the second half GLCC would start fast again seeing the lead balloon to 23 but the Flames refused to go away. Their pesky pressure forced the Crusaders into 19 turnovers. The Flames were able to cut the lead to as much as 12 points with four minutes remaining. Trent Temple and Isiah Reed strong play down the stretch led the Crusaders to an 84-70 victory. Temple stuffed the stat sheet scoring 19 points grabbing 7 rebounds and dishing out 6 assists. Isiah Reed picked up his second double double in as many days scoring 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in the victory.

Inside the Box Score:

• GLCC shot a season best 21/24 from the FT line compared to the Flames11/19 from the charity stripe.
• GLCC turned it over 19 times while the Flames turned it over 16 times.
• The GLCC bench was strong contributing 27 points for the second unit.
• Evan Anderson pushed double figures for the second straight game.

What Coach Says:

'Playing teams on back to back days has challenges. Our message to our guys today was energy and focus. I thought we had great energy and focus for about 25 minutes today. We were fortunate to get a win, because we really lost focused and discipline in the second half particularly defensively. Our defense is our offense, so when we don't bring energy defensively we know it can sometimes dictate how our offense flows. I also thought we did not value the basketball today. We cannot turn it over 19 times. We have to do a better job taking care of the basketball. Overall though as our lead dwindled I thought our guys responded well with executing down the stretch on the offensive side of the basketball. We definitely will clean things up as we move forward."

What's Next:

MBB will take on Boyce at 2:00p Monday afternoon for another Mideast Region game. This will be the Crusaders first home game since November 17, 2020.