Box Score BETHANY, Okla. — No. 23 Southern Nazarene may have just stamped its ticket to Kansas City, Mo., after SNU upset No. 15 John Brown, 60-58, in the final game of the regular season.
 
“What a great win that was because John Brown is such a great team,” said SNU Head Coach Adam Bohac. “I told the guys after the game that if you ever beat a John Brown team you should feel good about it because they don't beat themselves. They don't turn it over or make many mistakes.”
 
The Crimson Storm closed the regular season at 21-9 overall and 14-8 in the Sooner Athletic Conference and did it mostly without the services of senior guard Daniel White who played just 11 minutes. White played just six minutes in the first half after getting into foul trouble and played just the first few minutes of the second half until a scary collision at mid-court. White was diving on the floor for a loose ball when he collided with a John Brown player.
 
He was quickly attended to by on-site medical staff and was eventually taken off the court on a medical backboard and rushed to a local hospital. White was released later Saturday night.
 
Despite losing its second leading scorer, SNU had four players in double figures, including a game-high 19 points from Ryan Aaron. The junior guard went 6-for-7 from the field and 6-for-10 from the free-throw line. He also hit the only 3-pointer he took. Aaron, along with Tyrone Lyons combined for all of SNU's 29 points off of the bench as Lyons added 10 points and six rebounds.
 
“We lost our toughest guy and best rebounder in Dan so I don't know if that woke the guys up, but we started getting more aggressive,” said Bohac. “The last eight minutes of that ball game we play extremely well.”
 
Jon West notched 12 points in his final game in the Sawyer Center while Horace McGloster recorded 11 points and eight rebounds on the night. McGloster also brought the Storm faithful out of their seats late in the first half with a thunderous dunk and then hit the free throw to complete the three-point play.
 
That three-point play gave SNU a 26-25 lead in one of nine lead changes in the first half alone. Lyons made it 28-25 with 3:07 left in the first, but JBU went on a 10-0 run to end the half and took a 35-28 lead into the break.
 
The Golden Eagles stretched the lead out to nine on a handful of occasions, but SNU began to climb back into the picture. John Brown led the majority of the second half, until the 2:32 mark when McGloster buried a 3-pointer and West slid in for a lay up to complete a 15-4 run.
 
SNU led 59-55 with 1:09 left, but JBU got it 59-57 and then had a chance to tie it with 10 seconds left, but Andy Garcia missed the front end of two shots. Adrian Hunter then buried the second of two on the other end and gave the ball back to the Golden Eagles with nine seconds left. Able Galliguez had a chance to tie it, but the ball ricocheted off the rim and went out of bounds with two-tenths of a second left. JBU tried to throw a lob inside, but Lyons knocked it away and any hopes of overtime as SNU secured the win.
 
Southern Nazarene will now get set to defend its SAC Tournament crown, Thursday, in Siloam Springs, Ark., as John Brown plays host to the conference tournament. SNU will play Science & Arts in the first round, but no time has been set yet.