Box Score BETHANY, Okla. — Everyone in the Sawyer Center took a deep breath Saturday night as Oklahoma Christian's Nick Tate floated a five-footer over the head of Jon West. Adam Bohac and company then let out a big breath of relief as it bounced off the back of the rim and the buzzer sounded as SNU notched a 60-59 win over Oklahoma Christian.
 
The Crimson Storm (20-8, 13-7 SAC) completed the sweep of the Eagles (16-11, 10-10 SAC) and guaranteed that they will finish no worse than fourth in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
 
The two exchanged four leads in the final 1:15 with the first change on a Will Reinke bucket in the paint to put OC up 57-55. Ryan Aaron then completed a three-point play to give SNU the lead at 58-57, but it was Reinke again who came to the rescue with a three-point play of his own to make it 59-58 Eagles. With 42 seconds left SNU missed two chances to retake the lead, but got two offensive rebounds, including one by Horace McGloster with 23 seconds left before Bohac called a timeout.
 
The Storm took 15 seconds off the clock before West beat an OC defender on the left baseline and went straight to the hole, drawing a foul. West, who leads the team in free-throw percentage at 78.1 percent, buried both to give SNU the 60-59 advantage. After an OC timeout the Eagles handed the ball off to Tate who drove to the left side and tried to sink the game-winner.
 
Aaron led the way for Southern Nazarene as he was one of four Storm in double figures with 15 points. He also added four rebounds and was 7-for-13 from the floor. McGloster added 13 points and seven rebounds to go along with two blocks. Tyrone Lyons was 6-for-10 from the field with 12 points and three rebounds while West finished with 10 points and six boards.
 
SNU shot 48 percent (24-for-50) from the field, 53.8 percent (14-for-26) in the second half, and held OC to just 40 percent from the field.
 
The Eagles trailed just once in the first half and led by as much as 10 at 25-16 with 6:23 left and took a 33-25 lead into the locker room. The Storm though didn't waste anytime coming out in the second half as McGloster sparked an 11-2 run to give SNU a 36-35 lead; its first lead since the first bucket of the game. The Eagles tied it twice at 38 and 40 before McGloster again ignited a run capped by an Aaron bucket in the pain as the Storm led 49-41 with 10:02 left.
 
The Storm led 53-45, with 8:08 to play, but OC tied it at 55 with 2:22 left with a 10-2 run and then started the trading of leads on Reinke's bucket to make it 57-55.
 
Southern Nazarene will now get set to travel to Rogers State, Thursday, for an 8 p.m. conference game.