Spalding Men’s Basketball Suffers Tough Loss

The Spalding Men’s Basketball team played a hard fought game, but were unable to come up with a victory Wednesday night against Westminster College.  The Golden Eagles really would have liked to have a victory against a conference rival. 

Early in the first half the Golden Eagles were leading 16-8 but over a span of 5 minutes Westminster was able to tie the game up at 16.  Dewhon Mcafee had played a good first half, scoring eight points and knocking down two three pointer to go along with four rebounds.  The two teams played back and forth for the rest of the first half with the score at the half being 28-27 with Westminster in the lead. 

The second half was much of the same at the beginning.  With eleven minutes left in the game the score was tied at 38.  This was when Westminster started to knock down their 3 point shots.  Westminster shot fifty percent from behind the three point line in the second half, hitting 5 threes.  Big games from Spalding guards Dewhon Mcafee and Cody Curtsinger was not enough to bring the Golden Eagles back.  Westminster was able to hit their free throws in the final seconds and close out the game with the final score being Spalding 60 and Westminster 64.

The Spalding Men’s Basketball team’s next game is Saturday, January 9, at Eureka College.  The team’s next home game will be played on Wednesday, January 13, against Greenville College.