Indiana Southeast IUS 13-18

Freed-Hardeman FHU 27-5

Indiana Southeast IUS

13-18

Final

Mar. 14, 2025

Freed-Hardeman FHU

27-5

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Indiana Southeast IUS	21	36	57
Freed-Hardeman FHU	39	30	69

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 3/14/2025 10:05:00 PM | Dustin Semore, FHU Sports Information Director

Lions advance to second round with win over Grenadiers

HENDERSON — The top-seeded Freed-Hardeman University Lions made an early statement in the first round of the 2025 NAIA Men's Basketball National Championship Presented by Ballogy. The Lions led the No. 16 seed Grenadiers of Indiana University Southeast the whole game in a 69-57 victory.

The Lions (27-5) set the tone early with Jayson Nixon draining a 3-pointer on the first shot of the game before the Lions would go on to score five more points before the Grenadiers bucketed their first points of the day. Brian Carter's free throws made FHU's lead 10 before Phil Horton registered back-to-back fast break layups to cap a nine-point run to give the Lions a 23-9 lead. The Lions would use two five-point runs down the strech before Ryley McClaran and Peyton Law joining forces at the free-throw line to score the last five points of the first half and give FHU a 39-21 lead at intermission.

McClaran came out of the break strong, knocking down back-to-back triples to give the Lions a 25-point edge over the IUS Grenaders (13-18). To their credit, the Grenadiers answered with a 9-0 run before Carter broke the Lion dry spell with a layup at 14:11. Fighting back strong, IUS hit timely 3-pointers with the one at 1:37 putting them just two possessions behind FHU with a 62-57 differential. Geraldo Lane would record the old-fashioned three-point play to the lead the Lions on a 7-0 run to move their name up the bracket with the 69-57 victory.

The Lions out-rebounded the opposition 41-37 while dishing out 12 assists to the Grenadiers' five.

Brian Carter led the day with 14 points including a 6-7 mark from the charity stripe. Geraldo Lane and Ryley McClaran each had 12 points while Phil Horton chipped in with 10. Nine of the 10 Lions to register minutes grabbed multiple rebounds with Lane's eight leading the team. Peyton Law led with five helpers.

Up Next

The Lions will face the Cougars of Spring Arbor (Mich.) University for the right to earn a trip to Kansas City for the third straight year. Tipoff of the second round is set for 2:00 p.m. on March 15.

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