Sterling College

The Sterling College men's basketball team dropped two games last week to Tabor College 60-64 and to Bethany College 85-92. The two losses dropped them from second place to fifth place in the final KCAC standings.

On Thursday, the Warriors struggled shooting from the field and found themselves trailing by ten points 24-34 at halftime. In the second half, the Warriors mounted a great come back in the end but came up short falling to the Blue Jays 60-64.

Junior Jonathan Woods led the Warriors with twelve points and eight rebounds and Chad Friess chipped in ten points and three assist.

On Saturday, the Warriors were in a must win situation to earn a chance at a second place seeding in the upcoming tournament. But Bethany put together it's best half of the season and held off the Sterling Warriors 92-85 in the regular season finale for both teams Saturday night in Hahn Gym.

The Swedes roared out to a 55-31 lead by intermission, and saw their lead dwindle down to two in the final minute as the Warriors rallied with a vengeance in the second period.

But, Sterling's best chances to catch up fell by the wayside when the Warriors failed to convert at the charity stripe.

The Swedes' big lead was nothing but a memory when Mac Stephenson dropped a drive high off the glass and through the net with 59 seconds left, trimming it to two, 84-82.

Roddrick Williams converted a foul shot and Justin Holcom's put-back of his miss on the second extended Bethany back to a five point bulge with 43 seconds left.

Sterling's best chance to finally draw even came just eight seconds later when C.J. Littlejohn fouled Tony Stewart on a 3-point shot and was hit with a technical.

Zach Goodrich hit one of the two T's and Stewart could make only one of his three as the Warrior fell to the Swedes.

Sterling forced Bethany into 21 turnovers for the game, 14 in the second half.

Zach Goodrich and Stephenson each scored 14 to lead the Warriors. Chad Friess and Johar Moss each tallied 12.

(Photo's courtesy of Grayson Graves)