BETHANY, Okla. – In the final regular season game of the season, SWOSU Hoops fell 81-60 on the road to Southern Nazarene.

The Bulldogs finish the regular season 10-17 overall and 10-12 in the GAC. With Saturday's results around the league, SWOSU clinches a spot in the GAC Tournament next week as the No. 6 seed and will face three-seeded Northwestern in the quarterfinals. More details on that will be posted in the coming days.

The loss Saturday splits the regular season series with SNU after SWOSU had previously defeated the Crimson Storm 74-63 in December. The Dawgs fell behind early on Saturday and could not produce a run big enough to entertain a comeback.

Foul trouble and cold shooting put the Dawgs in a hole in the first half. They shot 34.5% and trailed by as many as 18 late in the half. Trailing 33-15 with 1:46 to play in the half, Eli Al-Debaran knocked down three deep balls to give SWOSU a manageable 37-24 deficit at halftime.

After the break, SNU quickly pushed the margin to 20-plus points and led by as many as 26 to cruise to victory.

The Dawgs improved their shooting in the second half to 45% but it was overmatched by the Crimson Storm who knocked down five more threes and finished above the 50% field goal percentage mark.

Al-Debaran had 11 points at halftime and finished with 19 for his best scoring performance of the season. Mark Berry notched a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Ben Smith had 13 points after three first-half fouls had him score two points and play just nine minutes in the first half.