BETHANY, Okla. — No. 12/14 Southern Nazarene's streak moved to 14 straight games Saturday with a 72-64 win over Henderson State.
Â
The Crimson Storm's (18-1, 15-0 GAC) magic number to win the Great American Conference outright now sits at three.
Â
Jhonathan Dunn led the way with a game-high 23 points and seven rebounds. The sophomore was 8-for-17 from the field and 5-for-5 at the line.
Micah Speight also had 15 points and six assists to go with two steals. He was 4-for-8 from the floor and 2-for-4 from 3-point range. He also went 5-for-6 at the stripe.
Quaylon Newton posted 10 rebounds and eight points along with two blocks.
Chris Stephens,
Noah Starkey,
Zach Johnson and
Ashton Charles all scored six points.
Â
Southern Nazarene shot 41.4 percent from the field and went 9-for20 from 3-point range. After struggling from the line Thursday night, SNU bounced back with a 15-for-18 spot at the charity stripe Saturday. The Storm held the Reddies (11-10, 6-9 GAC) to just 20-for-56 from the field and 4-for-13 from deep.
Â
The two changed leads six times through the first 10 minutes of the game before a Johnson trey ignited a 17-6 run to give SNU a 29-19 lead with 3:13 to play. The Storm pushed the lead to 36-24 at the half as they ended the final 10 minutes of the half on a 24-13 run.
Â
That was the largest lead of the night though for SNU as they matched it three more times with the final one coming at 47-35 with 14:11 left to play in the game. The Reddies then went on a 16-2 run to take its first lead since 10:52 mark in the first half at 51-49 with 7:09 remaining.
Â
That lead lasted less than a minute as SNU tied it with a pair of Speight free throws and a Newton dunk gave the Storm the lead for good. While SNU never gave the lead back, it didn't pull away until late.
Â