For the second consecutive season MCC welcomed rival, Ozark Christian College, to Manhattan as the Thunder honored seniors Caden Hurla, Desmond Lindsey, Mason Ellis, Dyelan Reed, Jamie Juncal and Alex Sturtz in their last regular season home game in Howie's Activity Center. 

The contest was a highly competitive game seeing double figure leads for both sides. Ozark came out firing hitting three point shots on four of their first eight attempts while jumping out to a 16-6 lead. MCC would battle back through the remainder of the half to take a 43-36 lead into the break. Coming out of the break Ozark dug back into their bag knocking down three pointer after three pointer. The Thunder would battle and even build up a double figure lead of their own with 1:47 left to play. But the Ambassadors would not go quietly in to the night and would finish the contest on a 7-2 run. The Thunder would hold on to win 80-75 to improve their conference record to 12-0. MCC was led in scoring by Juncal with 20 and freshman Davis Rokey with 12 points.

"I'm proud of our team tonight. They battled through an emotional evening. Our seniors came out and started the game so well for us and then the bench unit jumped right in to support their guys when their turn came. We've come a long way this year," stated Coach Jordan Strom. 

Seniors Hurla, Lindsey, Ellis, Reed, Juncal and Sturtz finish their regular season as Midwest Christian College Conference champions for the 4th year in a row and finished undefeated in conference play for a second consecutive season. 

"This senior class has been a special one," stated Coach Strom, "They are selfless at their core and always play for the right reasons. I'm grateful to be their coach and I can't wait to see how they finish." 

MCC is the #1 seed going into next weeks conference tournament hosted by Faith Baptist Bible College. They will have a first round bye and will play in the semifinals on Friday February 23rd at a time still to be determined. Check back with mccthunder.com and MCC Athletics for more information as it becomes available.