With around five minutes left in the second half Mike Gillian seemed like he could relax. After only winning by four over Washington Adventist at the half the Lancer had grown their lead to sixteen. But then the ninth year coach for the Lancers started suffering from an acute case of deja vu, there was eight seconds left and the WAU Shock had the ball with a chance to win the game. Luckily the Shock clanked a game winning shot off the rim and the Lancers survived with a 90-88 victory. But how should Lancers fans feel about this victory over a 11-12 Division 2 squad? Happy? Sad? Embarrassed? Mad?  The game was in hand with 5 minutes left and no worries were on the horizon, but lack of smart play down the stretch and coaching failed the Lancers once again.

The Lancers did receive a huge blow before the game when David Robinson suffered an ankle injury during the Seattle game. Robinson had been starting for the Lancers and playing extremely well replacing suspended guard Jeremiah Bowman. With Robinson out redshirt freshman Anthony Taylor was thrust into his first career start. Taylor had an up and down night, but all in all played pretty well. The downside was his five turnovers, but Taylor was four for six from the field scoring ten points, seven assists, five rebounds, and two steals.

All 90 of the Lancers points came from the starting lineup. Antwan Carter passed Jerome Kersey for number two all-time on the Lancers’ scoring list by scoring 28 points. Antwan also added 12 rebounds for his 37th career double-double. Also scoring for the Lancers was Martiz Washigton with 23 points, TT Carey with 17, and Jan Van der Kooij with 12. Van der Kooij once again struggled inbounded when being pressed and was forced into seven turnovers.

The Lancers play their final Division I home game of the year this Saturday as they take on North Dakota (11-13) at 2PM in Willett Hall.