The Ranger basketball team had one final away game against the No. 1 ranked Southern Nazarene University on Feb. 27 in Bethany.
It was going to be a hard fight for the Rangers against the Crimson Storm, as they lost to them earlier this year, 77-60. The second loss was 71-57.
The game started with a quick three-pointer for Camron McDowell to set the early tone of the game. It was responded by two layups from SNU.
The Rangers moved ahead by one point after 5 minutes of play but would never regain the lead again. At the half, SNU was ahead 33-24. In the second half, the two tied at 42 and again at 44. But SNU pulled ahead, finally leading by 17 points with 1 1/2 minutes to play.
Highlights
Red-shirt junior McDowell provided both the first and last scores of the game, both 3-pointers.
Rangers made 17 points off turnovers while SNU had only 15.
McDowell was the team high scorer with 24 points. Max Alexander turned in 16.