BETHANY, Okla. (Nov. 19, 2018) – Paybacks weren't pleasant for Oklahoma Christian on Monday night at the Sawyer Center.

Last season, OC surprised one of the best basketball teams Southern Nazarene ever had fielded during an early season game. This season, the Crimson Storm was ready.

After absorbing an early OC punch, they rolled to an 84-55 win at a loud and raucous Sawyer Center that harkened back to the past days of what arguably is Oklahoma's best small-college rivalry. No. 5-ranked SNU (4-0) still trails the overall series against OC (2-2) by a hefty 65-46 count, but the 111th meeting between the teams was one the Eagles will want to forget.

"It was a great atmosphere," OC coach Cory Cole said. "I'm just beyond disappointed. Our guys just missed a big opportunity, just playing hard and making a lot of mistakes, but give SNU credit. It was a rivalry game, a revenge game, and they've got a ton of experience and we're still inexperienced at this point of the season. They made a good team look bad. Hats off to them."

There wasn't much positive for the Eagles, who shot just 33.3 percent (20 of 60) from the field and committed 17 turnovers to SNU's eight. OC didn't have any player score in double digits – Marcus Blackwell and Roderick Smith had nine points each while Aubrey Johnson, Will Lienhard and Braden Eggleston each had eight. Lienhard, who entered the game ranked second in NCAA Division II in per-game rebounding, did grab 12 boards.

Two early 3-pointers by Johnson gave OC a 12-6 lead, but the Crimson Storm scored the next 10 points and never trailed again. The Eagles were down only 30-28 before SNU closed the first half on a 14-2 run to go up 44-30. OC never cut into that lead in the second half.

Micah Speight led SNU with 17 points and seven rebounds, while Logan Hicks had 16 points, Jhonathan Dunn and Noah Starkey had 12 each and Ashton Charles added 10.

OC's next game will be on Nov. 27 at home against Barclay (Kan.).