Bethel (Kan.) 69, at Evangel 74

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Interstat) — In a game defined by its frantic final minute, the Evangel Valor edged the Bethel Threshers 74-69 in a men’s NAIA basketball contest Saturday at the Ashcroft Center. The most critical sequence unfolded in the last 10 seconds with the outcome hanging in the balance. After Bethel’s Carmelo Yakubu made one of two free throws to cut Evangel’s lead to 72-69 with five seconds remaining, Evangel’s Ty Campbell was fouled. Campbell, who had missed a key free throw earlier in the quarter, calmly sank both attempts to push the Valor lead to 74-69 with two seconds… Read more...