The Spartans (3-8) fell short 78-73 to the Cardinals (7-4) in a wire-to-wire battle in front of 2,821 at Maples Pavilion Tuesday night. The game remained close until the last few possessions.
“Tonight was another indication of how we’ve been battling all year, except for the Indiana State game.” said Spartan head coach Jean Prioleau. “We have resilient kids, who play hard & play tough, but for about three or four minutes late in the game, we turned the ball over that led to easy buckets and we couldn’t finish our defensive possessions late in the game. But I thought our guys competed and we were right there to win a game.