WINONA LAKE, Ind. – A 15-2 run in the middle of the second half was enough to propel No. 2 Grace College past No. 7 University of Pikeville 75-67 on Saturday evening in the second round of the NAIA national tournament.
 
The game was tied at 40 and then 42 before the Lancers went on their run. They hit four straight from the line to start it and then were 4 of 5 from the field, including a three.
 
In the 3:22 stretch, the Bears managed only a Cade Looney jumper, and when Houston Walston nailed a three with 8:25 left, the home team had turned a tie game into a 57-44 lead.
 
UPike (25-7) scored the next six to cut the lead in half, but the Lancers immediately responded with six of their own.
 
UPike needed less than three minutes to build an 8-3 lead. Grad student Cade Looney and junior Keynan Cutlip both nailed threes, and a jumper by junior LA Walker put the Bears on top by five with 17:03 left in the half.
 
Grace answered with three straight buckets, the first two by sophomore Ian Raasch, to tie the game with 12:53 to play.
 
The game was tied at 13 when the Bears posted a 10-2 run. It began with five straight by junior Keian Worrix. It ended on a nifty spin move for a layup by Jaylan Rigdon, who then found junior Bradley Bunch for a three to make it 23-15 with 6:23 on the clock.
 
The Lancers had the next run, scoring seven straight in a 2:18 stretch, and when Raasch scored inside with 3:32 left, the game was even again, both teams having 24.
 
It was tied again at 29 before senior Justin DeGraaf nailed an open three from the top with seven seconds later, but Worrix got the Bears within one again with a coast-to-coast drive that ended with a finger roll at the horn, with Grace holding a 32-31 lead.
 
Walker led three Bears in double figures with 20 points, pulling down four rebounds. Worrix followed with 11 points and four assists, while Cutlip flipped in 10.
 
Raasch and senior Ian Scott paced Grace with 18 points apiece. Scott had 10 rebounds along with three assists, blocks and steals, while Scott pulled down seven rebounds and dished out three assists.
 
Walston had 12 points and six rebounds.