BETHANY, Okla. — Home court has never been so important to Southern Nazarene as it moved to 7-2 inside the Sawyer Center this year with a 67-63 win over Arkansas Tech.
 
The win for the Crimson Storm (10-11, 9-6 GAC) was the second straight at home and third win over the last four games.
 
Noah Starkey scored a career-high 12 points and added a career-high eight rebounds as the freshman was 5-for-10 off of the bench. He also added two blocks. LB Willis led the way for SNU with a game-high 18 points and 11 rebounds for his first double-double of the season. He also added four assists and three steals. C.J. White had 11 points and five rebounds while CJ Rodriguez had 10 points and six rebounds.
 
SNU was held to just 38.8 percent from the field and were just 4-for-23 from beyond the arc, but scored 15 points off of 15 offensive rebounds. SNU also scored 13 points off of 15 Wonder Boys (11-10, 6-9 GAC) turnovers and the Storm turned the ball over just eight times. Southern Nazarene also got 23 points off of the bench.
 
Neither team led by more than six in the first half and went into the break knotted at 32-32. The two exchanged four leads early until SNU used an 8-2 run to lead 46-42 with 10:59 left to play. The Storm never led by more than eight the rest of the way, but it never trailed.
 
The win puts SNU in a tie for fourth in the Great American Conference with Southwestern Oklahoma State. The Storm won the first meeting with the Bulldogs so they currently have the head-to-head tiebreaker.