FINAL SCORE
No. 4 Oklahoma Wesleyan def. No. 5 Spring Arbor (Mich.), 70-68 |Â Box Score
Oklahoma Wesleyan improves to a record of 26-8.
Spring Arbor ends the season with a record of 20-13.
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GAME HIGHLIGHTS
- Oklahoma Wesleyan outscored Spring Arbor 9-3 over the final three minutes to get the win over the defending national champion
- Brooks Haddock scored a 2020 championship-best 32 points, going 10/10 from the free throw line
- The Eagles overcame a 10-point deficit in the second half
- Spring Arbor was led by Paul Marandet with 24 points; Payton DeWildt added 13
- Oklahoma Wesleyan advances to the second round for the first time since 2018, after being upset as a No. 1 seed last year.
NEXT UP
Oklahoma Wesleyan advances to Friday’s second round to face the winner of No. 1 Morningside (Iowa) and No. 8 College of Ozarks (Mo.). That Friday matchup will be at 10:15 A.M.