Men Drop Pair of Conference Games

The Eagle men dropped a pair of conference road games this past weekend, falling to #10 Barclay College 88-90, then falling to #3 Manhattan Christian College 63-92 less than 24 hours later. The losses drop Faith to 9-10 overall and 3-4 in the conference.

Thursday night against Barclay the Eagles opened with a 3-0 lead but then watched Barclay quicly take the lead. The host would stretch the lead to as much as 8 points during the first 10 minutes of the half. Faith responded with a run that briefly gave them the lead at 27-26, but it was Barclay who held a two point margin at the buzzer. 

Four minutes into the second half Faith took a 55-54 lead, but Barclay responded with a 10-0 run fueled by four Faith turnovers. Barclay maintained that lead for the next twelve minutes before a Faith run pulled the Eagles within four with two minutes to play. Faith moved to within two with 30 seconds left, then forced a turnover to give themselves the chance for a win or tie. The Eagles could not convert and were forced to foul. Barclay missed the front end of the one and one and the Eagles grabbed the rebound with four seconds to play but turned it over again and Barclay held on for the win.

On Friday, the effects of 11 hours on the road and an intense game 16 hours earlier were evident from the start. Faith quickly dug themsleves a hole against top ranked Manhattan Christian and were never really in the game, as Manhattan earned the victory.

Faith finishes up the season this week with three conference games. They will be on the road at Emmaus on Monday, and will return home for games on Friday and Saturday agains St. Louis Christian College and Central Christian College of the Bible.