MBB Lions Fall to Conference Rival Providence in OT
Men’s Basketball Results Trinity Bible College Lions @ NIAC Conference Tournament Semi-Final February 16th, 2018 (Cankdesak Cinkana Community College, Ft. Totten, ND) SCORE Providence University College defeated #8 Trinity Bible College Lions 92-85 OT.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Coming off a huge upset win from the previous night vs. #1 Sisseton-Wahpeton the Lions looked confident.
The Lions came right out of the gates and quickly went on a run leaving them with a 9 point lead midway through the first half.
But the Pilots were not going to go down without a fight as they went on a 21 to 2 run.
The Lions go into half time down 43 to 34.
The Lions would not just roll over as they came out f the locker room strong and were able to take the lead with 10 minutes left in the game.
The Lions would miss a couple key freethrows to clench the game for them and with 3 seconds left the pilots went 2 for 2 from the line sending the game into over-time.
Regulation 75 to75
The Piolts quickly took over over-time and the Lions were forced to foul.
The Lions would fall 85 to 92 as the Pilots advance to the Championship game.
NOTES
- The Lions shot 44 percent from the field (33/74), 33 percent on 3's (7/21) and 60 percent on FT's (12/20).
- The Pilots shot 37 percent from the field (30/80), 40 percent on 3's (8/20) and 80 percent on FT's (24/30).
-The Lions had 12 offensive rebounds to the Pilots 12.
-The Lions had 24 Turnovers to the Pilots 14.
-Tash Williams led the Lions with a double-double 21 points and a career high 16 rebounds.
-Josh Bauska pitched in 20 points with 6 rebounds, while Parker Stemen added 17 points and 7 rebounds.
-Korey Harris added a double-double of his own with 13 points and 10 assists
- Trinity Bible College Current Record: 9-17