• Game score: Arizona Christian - 92, William Jessup - 81
• Records: Arizona Christian - 23-8, William Jessup - 18-13
• NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian - 19, William Jessup - RV
• Location: Murchison Gym, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA

• De'Ron Kyle - 23 points, 10 rebounds
• Shane Carney - 19 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds
• Al Burge - 15 points, 6 rebounds, 6-8 shooting
• Terence Shelby, Jr. - 12 points

• ACU jumped out to a 9-0 lead and eventually were up 18-7
• WJU used an 11-0 run for the tie and then took the lead at 21-20
• The team exchanged ten ties and seven leads through the end of the first half for a 37-37 tie
• Xander Bowers threw down a dunk and Carney nailed a three pointer in the first minute of the second half to grab the lead for good
• After shooting 37.5% in the first half, ACU was on the money with 61.8% shooting in the second half

Thoughts from Coach Rutter

"Al, Terence, and Shane were fantastic in the second half tonight (15-22 from the field).  We kind of rode Al offensively for a stretch there.  William Jessup was heating up and cut it to four with a couple mins left and Shane hit a dagger." 

"We had a good start but had a little stretch were we were giving up straight line drives to the basket.  We also got a little patient offensively.  We had been sitting at the gym for so long, it seemed to take a little while to get into a rhythm."

"We have played Jessup three times and they have had three different teams each time we have played them.  They have struggled with injuries but really battled tonight."

"Deron played a really good game on both ends of the floor.  He got us started with 3 threes and he helped finish it with some big rebounds (10 rebounds total)."

"Xander was great tonight.  He was not feeling well but he a real gutsy performance and did a lot of things to help us win."