Record Setting Season Ends In Quarterfinals

Box Score

Kansas City, MO- After not seeing a lead beyond three minutes into the game and facing several ten point deficits in their NAIA Championship quarterfinal game against No. 1 Georgetown (KY), Arizona Christian made one last run in the final 30 seconds but came up two points short on Saturday.

Game Info

Game score: Georgetown (KY)- 80, Arizona Christian - 78
Records: Arizona Christian - 25-9, Georgetown (KY) - 31-4
NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian - RV, Georgetown (KY) - 1
Location: Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO

ACU Stats For The Day

Callum Lawson - 25 points, 7 rebounds
Terence Shelby, Jr. - 25 points, 7 three pointers
Shane Carney - 12 points, 6 assists
Al Burge - 12 points, 9 rebounds

Inside the Box Score

ACU grabbed the early lead thanks to two three pointers in the first minute
Firestorm led 8-7 before the Tigers took the lead for good at 16:55 left in the first half
Down 80-70 with 40 seconds to play, Burge and Shelby both hit three pointers around a Lawson basket to close the gap to two
ACU collected a final steal but could not get a shot off
Making the quarterfinals is the furthest ACU has advanced at the NAIA Championships
Twenty-five wins for ACU ties their program record set in the 2014-15 season
The Firestorm averaged 92.6 points per game- their best scoring average since joining the NAIA (2009-10)
ACU made 375 three pointers this 2018-19- the most in their NAIA days

Nice season, Firestorm.

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