Box Score

Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU 6-5, 2-2 CL

Mount Vernon Nazarene (Oh MVNU 9-3, 2-2 CL

Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU

6-5, 2-2 CL

Final

Dec. 06, 2016

Mount Vernon Nazarene (Oh MVNU

9-3, 2-2 CL

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU	49	38	87
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Oh MVNU	33	34	67

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Cottingham earns 300th career victory in dominant win at MVNU

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MOUNT VERNON, Ohio – Head coach Ryan Cottingham earned his 300th career win Tuesday night in a dominant 87-67 win on the road against Mount Vernon Nazarene University. The Cougars blitzed MVNU to start the game, jumping out to a 10-0 lead, and never looked back to claim their second straight Crossroads League victory.

THE BASICS

FINAL SCORE: Spring Arbor 87, Mount Vernon Nazarene 67

LOCATION: Ariel Arena | Mount Vernon, Ohio

RECORDS: Spring Arbor 6-5 (2-2 CL), Mount Vernon Nazarene 9-3 (2-2 CL)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Spring Arbor came out red-hot opening the game on a 10-0 run before Mount Vernon Nazarene stopped the bleeding. MVNU trimmed the deficit to four with just under 10 minutes to play in the first half, but SAU answered with a 14-3 run behind the hot hand of Drew Zuidema, who knocked down a pair of triples during the run.
Zuidema was not done as he hit a huge three-pointer at the end of the half to extend the Cougars' lead to 49-33 at the break.
Mount Vernon Nazarene would not go away easy as it opened the second half on a 13-4 run led by Josh Ashwill, who turned SAU over in the back court and buried a three to cut the lead to five, 53-48, at the 14:25 mak.
But, that was as close as the home team would get in the second half. Spring Arbor responded with a 30-8 run sparked by their defense, which forced three turnovers in a minute allowing the offense to blow it open.
The visitors pushed the lead to as much as 25 before hanging on to win 87-67.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

In his 18th season as a head coach, all at Spring Arbor, Cottingham secured his 300th career victory. His career record is 300-280, and currently ranks 20th on the NAIA's list of winningest active coaches.
SAU dominated in down low, outscoring Mount Vernon Nazarene 40-20 in the paint.
Spring Arbor's nationally touted defense showed up for the second game in a row forcing 15 turnovers, which led to 19 points.
Paul Marandet led the Cougars offense with a season-high 19 points and was helped out by sophomore guard Tommy Hamilton's career-best 18 points. SAU had two others in double figures as Xavier Prather and Zuidema dropped 13 and 12, respectively.

FOR MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE

MVNU had three in double figures as Brett Vipperman and Trey McBride had 18 and 17 points apiece. Joey Schmitz ended the night with 12.
The Cougars struggled with SAU's length all night as they were out-rebounded 32-28 and were minus-20 on points in the paint.
MVNU, one of the league's top scoring and shooting teams, was held to just 39 percent shooting on the night as the visitors put the clamps down defensively

UP NEXT

Spring Arbor returns home to host Grace Bible College in a non-league contest on Saturday, Dec. 10 starting at 3 p.m. The Cougars are partnering with the Parma-Spring Arbor Lions Club to host a food drive for families this holiday season. Fans will receive free admission to the game with a canned food item.