Goodwell, Okla - The Aggies men's basketball team hosted their first home conference game against Mid-America Christian University. Aggies recently played Barclay College Monday night November 28th, winning 126-78. 

In the first half of the game, the Aggies would extend the lead to 10 at the 10:25 mark. Both teams would shoot buckets back and forth. The Evangels would get an excellent free throw going into halftime, 36-31.

Coming out of halftime, the Aggies would be down by 13 at the 17:00 mark. The Aggies would answer on an 11-0 run. Senior Rayquan Elliott scored on a layup in the game's final seconds while getting fouled and scoring 71-70. The Evangels would hit both free throws moving up by three. The Aggies would miss the game-tying three as time expired, ending the game 73-70 Evangels. 

After the game, Head Coach Mark Laird shared, "I am very encouraged that we played our best game of the season so far. We showed a lot of toughness and heart in stretches. We still have a lot of growing to do to be able to close out games like tonight. We gave up too many offensive rebounds and missed defensive rotations at critical moments. Overall though, we showed a lot of growth tonight."

Guiding the way for the Aggies was Senior Rayquan Elliott, scoring 33 points, including eight rebounds.

The Aggies will be home as they face Southwestern Christian University on December 3rd, and tipoff will be at 3:45.