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Rutter 300 wins 2
Khaxil Stewart
59
The Master's TMU 19-4, 7-2 GSAC
63
Winner Arizona Christian ACU 19-4, 7-2 GSAC
The Master's TMU
19-4, 7-2 GSAC
59
Final
63
Arizona Christian ACU
19-4, 7-2 GSAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
The Master's TMU 31 28 59
Arizona Christian ACU 32 31 63

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Tim Gooszen

No. 10 ACU Edges No. 5 TMU, Rutter Earns Win 300

Glendale, Ariz.- In a back and forth game that saw 12 lead changes between two top ten teams on Saturday afternoon, Arizona Christian edged The Master's to pull into a second place tie in the GSAC standings.  The win gave Head Coach Jeff Rutter win number 300 as a head coach- all at Arizona Christian University.

Game Info
  • Game score: Arizona Christian - 63, The Master's - 59
  • Records: Arizona Christian - 19-4, 7-2 GSAC, The Master's - 19-4, 7-2 GSAC
  • NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian - 10, The Master's - 5
  • Location: ACU Events Center, Arizona Christian University, Glendale, AZ

ACU Stats For The Day
Inside the Box Score
  • The Mustangs opened the scoring and built the lead to six points (8-2)- their largest lead of the game
  • Arizona Christian used a basket from Dunkley to create the first tie at 11-11
  • Dunkley turned a steal into a fast break dunk to give ACU their first lead
  • Chukwu scored on the next trip down the floor to create a four point edge- which equated to the largest lead for ACU
  • The Firestorm held the Mustangs scoreless in the final 2:42 of the first half
  • Howell scored the last bucket of the half for a 32-31 advantage
  • At the break, the teams had exchanged five lead changes and three ties
  • TMU scored first and ACU answered right away for two lead changes before half number two was 50 second old
  • Fast forward to the final 90 seconds and TMU converted a free throw for a 59-57 lead
  • ACU did not allow another point 
  • Dunkley tipped home his own missed shot and the Firestorm took the lead for good
  • Dominic Gonzalez iced the game with two free throws at the 15 second mark
  • Rutter and the Firestorm needed just 64 games to go from 250 wins to 300 wins

Thoughts from Coach Rutter
"Proud of how hard our guys played today, particularly down the stretch.  The Master's hurt us on the offensive glass but in the last couple mins, we got some big time rebounds and stops.  Pretty incredible effort to close out the game.  We have struggled at the line, but hit some big ones to hold them off."


Up Next
The Firestorm will head back to Southern California next week for two games.  The first one will come at Life Pacific on Thursday at 7:30 pm (Pacific)/ 8:30 pm (Arizona).
 
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