Box Score Atherton, CA- No. 23 Arizona Christian could not navigate their way through Menlo on Thursday nigh as the Oaks beat the Firestorm 102-85. Five Firestorm reached double figures topped by 20 points from Senior O'Shae Williams.
- Game score: Menlo - 102, Arizona Christian - 85
- Records: Arizona Christian - 15-5, 5-3 GSAC, Menlo - 11-6, 5-3 GSAC
- NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian - 23, Menlo - not ranked
- Location: Haynes-Prim Pavilion, Menlo College, Atherton, CA
- O'Shae Williams - 20 points
- De'Ron Kyle - 17 points
- Eric Klekas - 15 points (five three pointers)
- Shane Carney - 13 points
- Robby Wilson - 11 points
- After five and a half minutes of play the game was tied 13-13
- Menlo outscored ACU 40-23 the rest of the first half
- The second half resulted in a 49-49 deadlock
- Menlo converted 23 of 26 free throw shots versus 11 of 20 for ACU
- The Firestorm saw a seven game winning streak come to an end
Thoughts from Coach Rutter
"Tonight is on me. I didn't do a great job preparing us for how hard we need to play. We are a very good defensive team but that didn't show tonight. We played much harder in the second half but we allowed them get going and they played very well and had their way offensively. We will get back to being us defensively and look to improve from this."
Up Next
On Saturday, the Firestorm will go head-to-head with the Warriors of William Jessup. Game time is set for 2:00 pm Pacific/ 3:00 pm Arizona.
