GOSHEN, Ind. -- The Indiana Wesleyan University men?s basketball team lost 81-73 to Goshen (Ind.) College in the Mid-Central College Conference opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon in Goshen, Indiana.

The loss snaps the Wildcats seven game win streak as Indiana Wesleyan is now 8-2 this season. The Maple Leafs improve to 10-1.

Goshen was led by sophomore Errick McCollum and his game-high 34 points.

The Wildcats struggled early as the Maple Leafs jumped out to a 7-0 advantage. But IWU responded with a 20-3 run to garner a 20-10 lead. Late in the first half, Indiana Wesleyan led 30-20, but Goshen answered with the last six points of the half, cutting the Wildcats? lead to 30-26 at intermission.

The first 13 minutes of the second half saw many ties and lead changes. The Maple Leafs led 62-61 with seven minutes remaining in the contest. Goshen scored the game?s next five points to capture a 67-61 advantage.

Indiana Wesleyan would trail by as many as 10 points and could not cut the Goshen lead lower than six. There were seven ties and 10 lead changes in the game.

IWU junior Antonio Murrell scored a team-best 27 points and sophomore Zach Coverstone recorded a double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds.

Sophomore Ryan Hetrick contributed 14 points and sophomore Spencer Harris added 10 points.

Indiana Wesleyan returns to action at 7 p.m. on either Tuesday, December 4, as the Wildcats travel to play Spring Arbor (Mich.) University in MCC action.