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BETHANY, Okla. — It was a night of firsts for Southern Nazarene as SNU got its first win and gave Southwestern Christian its first loss of the year in a 71-49 win Friday night.
 
The Crimson Storm (1-1) got a game-high 18 points off the bench from Ryan Aaron who was nearly perfect from the field, going 7-for-8. He also added five rebounds and was 4-for-6 at the line. Daniel White added 16 points, four assists and three rebounds while firing 7-for-10 from the field and Horace McGloster chipped in with 14 points and six rebounds. Tyrone Lyons added 12 points and six boards off the bench as well.
 
SNU's bench nearly doubled the Eagles' bench as the Storm's reserves scored 32 while SCU's had 19. Southern Nazarene also won the battle in the paint, outscoring Southwestern Christian 34-26. SNU shot 49.2 percent (29-59) from the field.
 
Neither team led more than two points and they had eight ties through the first 13:30 of play until SNU broke a 17-17 tie with a White jumper and an Aaron layup to make it 21-17. The Eagles cut it to 23-22 with just over two minutes to play when Lyons hit a layup to make it 25-22 at the half.
 
The Storm stretched it to 30-24 early in the first half, but SCU scored seven straight to lead 31-30. The Eagles held a 33-32 lead with 14:11 left in the game when a White trey sparked an 18-4 run to give SNU a 50-37 lead.
 
The lead never came back down under double figures again. SNU lead 50-40 with 8:40 left when Jon West trey ignited a 21-7 run for SNU as the Storm closed out the night.
 
SNU will now get set to host Ozark Christian (Mo.), Nov. 19, at 7 p.m.