WINONA, Minn. – Bethel University men's basketball team late second half run wasn't enough to overcome a slow offensive start in Thursday's conference matchup at Saint Mary's, falling 57-48.
Bethel had four players with eight points each while being led in rebounding by freshman
Joey Kidder and senior
Isaiah Carver-Bagley who each had eight.
Isaiah Rollins dished out a team-high six assists in 32 minutes of action.
Kidder scored four of Bethel's (1-2, 1-1 MIAC) first seven points giving them their largest lead of the night with 14:40 in the first. Both teams started picking up steam on the offensive end where Saint Mary's (3-1, 1-0 MIAC) took a 24-23 lead into the locker room.
The Cardinals came out of the break hitting a pair of threes which eventually fueled a 9-0 run. Trailing 43-29 with 11:57 remaining, BU began its comeback efforts. Carver-Bagley nailed one from deep sparking a 7-0 run.
The Royals pulled within three but got no closer than that with the Cardinals sealing the victory at the charity stripe.
A rematch is set for Saturday inside the Robertson Center in a non-conference contest set for 2 p.m.
