Box Score The Spring Hill College (SHC) men's basketball team ended its first season as an NCAA Division II member with a heartbreaking 64-60 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) loss to the Lane College Dragons on Monday night at the Arthur R. Outlaw Recreation Center.

The Dragons (14-11, 13-6 SIAC West) held a slim 28-25 lead at the intermission after the Badgers had rallied from an early 6-0 deficit following turnovers on four of their first five possessions.

In the second half, Spring Hill fell down by as much as eight points at 45-37 with 12½ minutes to play, but the home team rallied to tie the game at 60-60 off a 3-point jumper by freshman guard James Clarke with 42 second left on the clock. Terrance Bridgeman of Lane then drained a 3-pointer of his own from the right corner off an assist from the top of the key by Donald Stewart to make it a 63-60 game with 22 seconds remaining.

The Badgers then came down court and called a timeout. After a quick in-bound play to check the defense, SHC again called timeout to set for the final shot, but the cross court pass was tipped away by Bridgeman with 5 seconds left. Bridgeman would ice the game by hitting 1-of-2 free throws with 4 seconds left for the final score.

SHC shot 42.9% (21-49) overall and 50% (10-20) of their 3-point attempts, but lost 19 turnovers to 15 steals by the Dragons. Junior guard Jarrett Calhoun led all scorers with 16 points while senior guard Robert Drummond scored 10 in his final game in Badger purple.

Four Dragons cracked double-digit scoring led by Bryant Hill with 14 points and Stewart with 11 points. Bridgeman and Joseph Cooper each had 10 points for Lane as rebounding was even at 32 boards for both teams. Lane shot 42.3% (22-52) from the floor and hit 33.3% (4-12) of their 3-point shots and lost 13 turnovers to six steals by the Badgers.

Ineligible for post-season play during the 3-year NCAA reclassification process, Spring Hill closed out the year with an overall record of 10-18 and a 9-10 mark in the SIAC West Division.