Southwestern Loses a Nail Biter

SWCC traveled to Trenton Missouri tonight to play Marshalltown in the first round of the NCMC Classic. Marshalltown jumped out to an early 6-0 lead, but would see SWCC battle back to take a 41-33 lead with 3 minutes to go in the half. However Marshalltown would score the final 6 points to close the gap to 41-39 at the half.

Marshalltown would build an early lead in the second half, but Southwestern kept coming back and built a 5 point lead. Back to back three point shots coupled with Anthony Davis' fourth foul would give the Tigers a lead they would not relinquish. Marshalltown built a lead as high as 10 with 30 seconds to go. Then with 3 seconds to go and the Spartans trailing by 7 things got interesting. Kristian Williams was fouled and made both free throws. SWCC forced a turnover on the in bounds pass. Southwestern executed an out bounds play to bring the score to within 3 with 1.3 seconds to go. Another Marshalltown turnover gave the Spartans a shot at the buzzer that bounced off the rim. The final score saw SWCC losing 89-86.

Anthony Davis paced the Spartans with 25 points and 11 rebounds. Laurice Ellison came off the bench for 20. The loss drops the Spartans to 4-1 on the year.

Southwestern will take on the host school North Central tomorrow at 6 in the final contest of the classic.

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Head Coach: Mike Holmes
Cell Phone:  641-814-2010
Email: holmes@swcciowa.edu