The Scots' Men's hoops team traveled to Adrian College on Wednesday night for an important league game and lost 74-73 when the Bulldogs hit a three-pointer with 0.3 seconds remaining in the game. Alma left the contest with a MIAA mark of 1-4 and are now 6-10 overall, while Adrian is now 2-3 in the league and 12-4 in 2012-13.

"Our effort tonight was back to where it needs to be for us to have a chance to win games," said Scots Head Coach Sam Hargraves. "We really battled and getting outrebounded was as much about the injuries to our big men and how small we are now.

"We will have scrap and claw to have a chance from here on out and we did that tonight. Adrian had to make some really tough shots to beat us, especially the game winner. We got better tonight."

Alma Jr. G Brandon Krause (Sanford, Mich./Meridian) scored the first bucket of the game on a lay-up for a 2-0 lead seven seconds in, but before long, Adrian had a 7-2 advantage. The contest saw seven first half ties as the two very equal teams played the type of game people expected.

After the game was deadlocked at 26-26, the Scots went on an 8-2 run that culminated with two free throws by Fr. F DJ Beckman (Shelby, Mich./Shelby) for a 34-28 advantage. The Bulldogs fought back but Alma was able to hold on to a two-point lead at 38-36 as the teams left the court for halftime.

The second half saw five more ties as the game just had that feel of coming down to the wire - and it did not disapppoint. Alma opened up a five-point advantage at 55-50 when Krause hit a jumper with 11:49 remaining in the contest. However, the Bulldogs went on a 16-3 run to lead 66-58 at the 5:07 mark.

The never quit Scots fought back to tie the game at 68-68 when Krause knocked down a jumper at 1:37. With Adrian holding a 71-70 lead with 25 seconds remaining, the Scots called timeout and on the in bounds play, Krause stole the ball and hit a jumper for a 72-71 lead.

Alma Fr. F Kyle Benthem (McBain, Mich./N. Michigan Christian) then hit one of two free throws with seven seconds remaining. The Bulldogs rebounded the miss of the second shot and drove the length of the floor in search of one final chance. Adrian G Cody Barnes pulled up just in front of the Bulldogs bench and launced a three that hit the bottom of the net with 0.3 seconds left and the one-point victory.

The Scots were led by Jr. F Isiah Law (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven) who had 16 points and added four rebounds, while Krause was next with 15 points, four boards and three steals. Fr. F Scott Nikodemski (Rockford, Mich./Rockford) had a career-high 13 points and added three steals and Beckman contributed 11 points.

The Scots will continue league play with another important game on Saturday afternoon at Art Smith Arena when they host Albion College. Tip-off is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.