2007-08 Awards
2006-07
2005-06

Season Passes
Athletic Insurance Form

LANCERS TOURNAMENT RUN ENDS IN ELITE EIGHT

(3/16/08) Point Lookout, MO.-The Grace College men's basketball team came up short in their first Elite Eight appearance in more than 15 years, losing to Oregon Tech 81-70 in the NAIA Division II National Tournament.

Grace was the only unseeded team remaining in the tournament as they upset the #14 seed Embry-Riddle and #3 seed Morningside on their way to the show down with #11 Oregon Tech and All-American point guard Ryan Fiegi.

The Lancers got off to an early 10-4 lead behind an Eric Gaff layup and two Michael Wienhorst three pointers. Grace was playing on all cylinders for the first eight minutes of the game as the lead would build to 15-8 lead before Eric Gaff would pick up his second foul of the half. When Gaff went to the bench the Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls took advantage as they put together a 12-2 run to take a 20-17 lead with 7:55 remaining in the first half. The lead exchanged hands over the next five minutes until Tech pulled ahead and went into the locker room with a 30-27 lead. Both teams struggled from the perimeter as they combined to shoot 3-for-16 from beyond the arc.

Oregon Tech would stretch their lead to seven in the opening minutes of the second half as the Lancers struggled to convert at the offensive end. Grace cut the deficit back to 37-34 on an Eric Gaff free throw before the Owls would go on an 18-6 run over the next six minutes. After a Grace timeout, senior Marcus Moore connected on his only three pointer of the game to make the score 55-43 with 10:49 to play.

The margin would remain around a dozen over the next few minutes as both teams traded baskets before Eric Gaff picked up his fourth foul. Over the next six possession Grace would hold Oregon Tech scoreless but fatigue set in as the Lancers could not score at the offensive end. Ryan Fiegi would make the Lancers pay as he would connect on a fade away three pointer to extend the lead to 64-51 with 6:30 remaining.

Grace would mount one last push behind senior Kyle Johnson as he would score five straight points to cut the lead to eight at 71-63 but it would be short lived as Tech would space the floor and run the clock out.

For Grace, it was a Cinderella run as the Lancers were the 29th team to make the tournament of 32. The Lancers showed that they can compete with the best teams in the nation defeating two national ranked opponents. Grace would save their best for the nation's best, defeating Morningside College, who was ranked #1 for seven weeks and started the season 23-0.

For three seniors it is a fitting end to their careers. Scott Moore, Marcus Moore and Kyle Johnson helped bring Grace College basketball back to prominence in the national landscape. They did it in high school by taking their respective schools to the IHSAA state finals and they help do it for the Lancers by taking them to the NAIA Elite Eight. In their four years together they have won 83 games and it is the first back to back twenty win seasons in fifteen years.

Marcus Moore graduates as the programs 2nd all-time leading scorer with 2,351 points and 10th all-time in career assists with 424. Scott Moore graduates as the programs 6th all-time assist leader and Kyle Johnson closes out his career as they 39th member of the 1,000 career point club and ranks 36th all-time with 1,087 points. Along with early graduate Tyler Winkleman, this senior class goes out with the most points scored and most assists in Lancer basketball history scoring 4,374 points and 1,201 assists.