The #22 Briar Cliff men’s basketball team went cold in the second of Friday’s game against Doane and fell 41-63 in Crete, Nebraska. The Chargers drop to 19-10 and 15-5 in conference play.
The Chargers knocked down their first four attempts from the 3-point line, taking their largest lead of the game, 20-11 seven minutes in. Doane answered with a 12-2 run over the next eight mintues as they grabbed their first lead of the night, 23-22 with 4:08 left in the half. Five straight points from the Chargers, capped off by a Quinten Vasa 3-pointer at the buzzer, gave BC a 27-23 lead at half.
Doane opened the second half with an 11-1 run, forcing a BC timeout with 17:08 left. After two 3-pointers from Vasa, the Chargers cut the deficit to four, 38-34. The Tigers over the next three minutes extending their lead to 4-34 with a 10-0 run. Doane held a double-digit lead the rest of the way. BC scored just 14 points in the second half on 5-for-25 shooting, compared to Doane’s 40 on 15-of-25 shooting.
Vasa had a team high 12 points with four 3-pointers and six rebounds, while Quinn Vesey had seven points. Jaden Kleinhesselink, Conner Groves and Kyle Boerhave all had six points apiece
Anthony Laravie scored a game high 19 points on 7-of-16 shooting. Josiah Gardiner added 16 points, while Alec Oberhauser grabbed 18 rebounds.
The Chargers have already secured a share of the GPAC Regular Season Championship and will become outright champions with a Concordia loss at Dakota Wesleyan tomorrow night.
Briar Cliff currently holds the #1 seed in the GPAC Tournament and will find out who they play in the first round of the GPAC Tournament after tomorrow’ set of games.
