MARION, Ind. -- Lane Mahurin (JR/Rockville, Ind.) lit up Spring Arbor (Mich.) for 31 points as No. 5 Indiana Wesleyan University men’s basketball held off a pesky Spring Arbor team 88-73 in Luckey Arena. Mahurin scored 13 of his 31 points in the final 6:14 of the game when SAU trailed by just seven points.

Game Vitals

• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan - 88   |   Spring Arbor - 73
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 21-3, 9-3 Crossroads League   |   Spring Arbor 6-18, 0-12 Crossroads League
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 5   |   Spring Arbor - Not ranked
• Location:   Luckey Arena   |   Indiana Wesleyan University   |   Marion, Indiana 
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What Went Down

• An early 18-2 run nearly put the game out of reach early as Indiana Wesleyan led 24-6.
• The Wildcats built a 43-22 lead on an Aaron Murray (JR/Louisville, Ky.) basket with 4:15 left in the first half.
• Spring Arbor closed out the first half on a 13-4 run to close the deficit to 47-35 at halftime.
• Indiana Wesleyan scored the first 10 points of the second half to lead by a game-high 22 points at 57-35.
• With under 10 minutes to go, Spring Arbor went on a 12-0 run to narrow the deficit to 65-58.
• Leading now by just seven points, Lane Mahurin took over the game for the Wildcats. He scored 13 points in the final 6:14 to lead IWU to the 15 point victory.
• Lane Mahurin finished with a game-best 31 points, just one point off his career-high. He was 12-of-19 from the floor while pulling down a game-high 6 rebounds.
• Jonny Marlin (SR/Greenwood, Ind.) added 18 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals.
• The Wildcat bench received big production from Nate Bubash (JR/Munster, Ind.) with 10 points and Aaron Murray with 9 points.
• The Cougars took 16 free throw attempts in the first half but just one in the second half.
  
   

Coach’s Corner

•  “You have to tip your hat to Spring Arbor today. I thought they battled and hung in there. But Lane is just on another level right now. He is locked in and he is focused and he is really carrying this team.”  -- IWU head coach Greg Tonagel
   

Extra! Extra!

• Lane Mahurin has scored 20 or more points in four straight games. The last Wildcat to reach that feat was Jordan Weidner in the final four games at the 2014 NAIA DII National Championship.
  
   

Next Time Out

• Indiana Wesleyan travels to Goshen on Tuesday for another Crossroads League game. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. in Goshen, Indiana.