Northwestern Oklahoma State dropped their third consecutive game Saturday afternoon with the 75-51 loss. The Crimson Storm used a 9-1 run to open the game to build momentum leading to their 24 point victory.
The loss drops the Rangers to 3-3 on the season with a 0-3 conference record while Southern Nazarene improves to 5-2 with a 3-0 conference record.
Northwestern was led by Malik Parsons with 20 points after hitting six three pointers including three straight to open the second half.
McGhie of Southern Nazarene opened the scoring for the game on a three pointer taking an early 3-0 lead. This would be the first of three straight three pointers for the visitors as the Crimson Storm opened a 9-1 lead in the opening minutes. Shavaul Butters answered with a three pointer to cut the deficit down to 9-4. Southern Nazarene answered back with their fourth three to take a 12-4 lead into the first timeout. Out of the timeout Northwestern cut the deficit down to five at 14-9 as Parsons hit his first three of the game following a layup from Free. Southern Nazarene extended their lead to 10 for the first time at 23-13 following a three pointer from Mowat for his first points of the game. The game remained 23-13 for the next three and half minutes until the eight minute mark before a Jackson layup pushed the Crimson Storm lead to twelve.
Parsons stopped their run with a three pointer to cut the deficit back down to eleven. Back to back three pointers for SNU had increased their lead to 35-16, their largest to this point of the game at the 4:04 mark of the opening half. Northwestern had a late first half push cutting the deficit to 13 with 1:08 left following a made layup by Larry White for his eleventh point in the first half. The Crimson Storm answered by finishing the half on a 5-0 run to take a 45-27 lead into halftime.
SECOND HALF:
Malik Parsons opened the second half firing hitting three straight threes in the two minutes to put the deficit back to single digits at 45-36 with 18:19 left in the game. The Crimson Storm scored their first points of the half at the 16:20 mark on a dunk from Nick Davis to put the lead back to eleven. This started a 7-0 run to take a 52-36 lead. Parsons hit another three to end that run for his fourth of the half. At the 13:08 mark the visitors were able to extend their lead back to 19 at 58-39. Butters answered with a put back dunk off a missed shot. Southern Nazarene continued to build their lead as it reached 20 at 64-44 with 10 minutes left in the half. The largest lead was 27 at 73-46 before a Marquise Milton layup brought the game to an end with a 73-51 final score in favor of the Storm.
Northwestern will return to action on Tuesday December 13th at Cameron in Lawton Oklahoma for a non-conference matchup before returning to conference play on Saturday December 17th at 7:30 PM in Durant, Oklahoma against Southeastern Oklahoma State.
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