Box Score The Spring Hill College (SHC) men's basketball team broke a nine-game losing streak to the University of Mobile Rams with a 63-60 victory on Monday night at H. Austill Pharr Gymnasium.

The Rams (14-14) opened the game hot from the outside by making consecutive three-point buckets and grabbing an 8-1 lead just 2½ minutes into the game, but the Badgers answered with a 6-0 run of their own to slice the deficit down to 8-7 at 13:29.

Quinn Sutton gave the Badgers their first lead of the game with a three-pointer from the right side at 10-8 with 12:25 to go in the period. Mobile rallied to tie the game at 14-14, but redshirt freshman guard Sawyer Glick knocked down a mid-range jumper from the left side and junior center Dejan Stefanovic connected on a layup to rebuild an 18-14 advantage for Spring Hill with six minutes until halftime.

Sutton found another three-pointer and freshman forward Chase Shellman added a two-pointer to make it a 25-21 SHC lead with 2:27 when senior guard Wesley Pietri added a layup to expand the margin to 27-21 at 2:05 in route to a 30-24 lead at the intermission.

Senior guard Jarrett Calhoun drained back-to-back treys to open the second half and SHC expanded their lead to 42-28 four minutes into the half. UM answered the challenge with an 8-0 run to make it a 42-35 contest with 14 minutes left on the clock.

Spring Hill maintained a 53-43 lead at 8:40, but Mobile rallied again to claw within 55-49 at 6:23 capped by two free throws from senior center Daouda Soumaoro. With 3½ minutes remaining freshman guard Jared Holland made 1-of-2 free throws to give SHC a 56-50 lead, but UM's Brandon Barnes sank a three-point shot to make it 56-53 just 30 seconds later. D.J. Hill and Soumaoro combined to make two free throws within two seconds of each other as the Rams cut the score to 57-55 with a minute to play.

Calhoun put the Badgers up 59-54 by putting two free throws in the hoop with 59.1 seconds showing, but Barnes knocked down a three-point bucket with a hand in his face at 38.9 seconds to bring UM within one point at 59-58. Holland calmly drained two free throws for SHC to rebuild a 62-58 advantage and then came down with a huge defensive rebound following a missed three-pointer by the Rams at 20 seconds. He returned to the line to make 1-of 2 free throws as James Davis of UM slapped a put-back bucket in the basket on the other end to set the score at 62-60 in favor of SHC with 10 seconds left. Following a Badger timeout, sophomore forward Walter Massey connected on 1-of-2 free throws with 8 seconds on the clock. A final two-point jumper at 3 seconds by Soumaoro rolled off the rim and out of bounds as the clock expired as the Badgers celebrated the 63-60 victory.

Spring Hill shot 48.8% (20-41) from the floor and 50% (5-10) from three-point range as Calhoun had 17 points and Sutton added 11 points. SHC lost 19 turnovers to 10 Ram steals, but none over the final four minutes of play.

Mobile shot 34.6% (18-52) and 57.1% (8-14) from three-point distance. UM out-rebounded the Badgers 34-32 and lost 16 turnovers to just four steals by Spring Hill. Davis led all scorers with 18 points and Soumaoro contributed 13 points with 11 rebounds.

The Badgers (9-18) will next close out the 2015-2016 season with a non-conference game at the Arthur R. Outlaw Recreation Center versus the University of West Florida (UWF) Argonauts (6-18) on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.