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Silva dribble
Khaxil Stewart
69
Arizona Christian ACU 13-3, 1-1 GSAC
86
Winner The Master's TMU 13-3, 1-1 GSAC
Arizona Christian ACU
13-3, 1-1 GSAC
69
Final
86
The Master's TMU
13-3, 1-1 GSAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Arizona Christian ACU 28 41 69
The Master's TMU 44 42 86

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Tim Gooszen

No. 9 Mustangs Prevail Over No. 4 Firestorm

Santa Clarita, Calif.- The second game of the GSAC schedule for No. 4 ranked Arizona Christian came at No. 9 ranked The Master's.  After a back and forth first eight plus minutes, the Mustangs pulled away from the Firestorm.

Game Info
  • Game score: The Master's - 84, Arizona Christian - 69
  • Records: Arizona Christian - 13-3, 1-1 GSAC, The Master's - 13-3, 1-1 GSAC
  • NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian - 4, The Master's - 9
  • Location: The MacArthur Center, The Master's University, Santa Clarita, CA

ACU Stats For The Day
Inside the Box Score
  • Dunkley opened the scoring with a steal and fast break dunk 
  • The teams exchanged points and leads for the next six minutes
  • With 13:43 left in the first, Lorenzo Wright scored for an 11-10 lead
  • Onakpoma forced the final tie at 13-13 with a jumper
  • Trailing 19-17, ACU saw TMU go on an 12-0 run
  • The Mustangs did not look back
  • Silva topped the Firestorm with seven points at the break
  • ACU shot 37.5% from the field (22.2% from three) while TMU was over 55% in both categories at the half
  • The Firestorm lost the second half by just one but the point differential never went higher than 18 and lower than 11

Thoughts from Coach Rutter
"The Master's played very well and had us on our heels from the start.  I didn't do a good job preparing us for this level of physicality and it showed in lots of areas."

Up Next
On Saturday, the Firestorm will be back home to go head-to-head with Embry-Riddle (AZ).  The second game of the doubleheader with women's basketball is scheduled for a 2:00 pm start for the men.
 
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