BATESVILLE, Arkansas - Malik Madison scored a season-high 21 points, had seven blocked shots and nine rebounds to lead the Lyon College Scots men's basketball team over the SLIAC's leader Spalding 66-60 on Thursday night at Becknell Gymnasium.

The Scots (17-7, 14-3) didn't secure the game until the final 14 seconds when Madison made one of two free throws and John Paul Morgan stepped to the line with three-seconds left and made two free throws to put the game out of reach. 
The Scots outscored Spalding 36-23 in the first half and held on at the end to withstand a final push for the win.
Kylon McCullough had 13 points, Colbie West scored 11 points and had 10 rebounds for a double-double and Frank Toney added seven points and 11 assists. Trenton Bell put in six points, while John Paul Morgan and Jonzelle Bush had four points each in the win. Kennedy Warren and Tucker Cunningham played in the game, but did not score.

Lyon College shot 46.4 percent from the field, hit only 1 of 10 three-pointers and made 13 of 21 free throws. The Scots got 44 points in the paint, scored eight points off of turnovers, had 10 second-chance points, 14 fast-break points and 14 bench points. 
The game was tied four times and there were three lead changes.

Spalding led early, until Madison scored to tie the game at 2-2. After Spalding regained the lead, West scored inside to tie the game at 4-4. A dunk from McCullough moved the Scots in front by two and Spalding tied the game at 6-6 with 17:02 to go in the first half. West scored again inside, but Spalding tied it at 8-8 on its next trip down court. McCullough put in a three-pointer, but Spalding came back to take a 12-11 advantage with 13:14 to play. 
Two dunks in a row from Madison opened up a three-point lead for the Scots and Bush got free on a fast-break for a dunk to make it a 17-12 Lyon College lead with 11:44 to go in the half. Bush put in a layup and Bell scored inside to give the Scots a nine-point lead, 21-12. Madison completed a three-point play to make it a 10-point lead 24-14 at the 9:17 mark and Toney scored a basket after that. Morgan and West scored to keep the Scots lead at 10 points 30-20 with 5:23 left, then McCullough scored, Toney put in a shot and West scored on a jumper to make it a 36-23 Lyon College lead with 35 seconds remaining in the first half.

McCullough put in a layup and West scored inside as the Scots maintained a 13-point lead, 40-27 with 17:50 to go in the game. Madison scored two times in a row to give Lyon College its largest lead of the game at 15 points, 44-29 with 14:42 to go. Madison added another basket at the 13:45 mark to keep the lead again at 15 points and did it again with 12 minutes to go on a three-point play to make it 49-34, but Spalding started to chip away at the Scots lead. 
After McCullough made two free throws, Spalding trimmed a 15-point lead down to eight points before Toney made a free throw with 8:29 to play in the game. Spalding had the lead down to seven points when Bell scored for the Scots, then Toney and West added a single free throw each to make it a 56-48 Scots lead. 
Toney put in another free throw, but Spalding got as close as two points with 3:05 to go, 57-55. Madison got a dunk off an alley-oop from Toney, but Spalding made a three-pointer with 2:18 to play making it a 59-58 lead for Lyon College. 
Bell scored inside on a layup and McCullough added two free throws with 1:25 remaining, but Spalding trimmed the lead back to three pints, 63-60 with 48 seconds on the clock. Spalding got a steal and started to go for a basket, but Bell stole the ball back for the Scots and passed to Madison, who was fouled with 14 seconds to go. Madison connected on one of two free throws to make it a four-point lead for Lyon. Spalding missed a three-pointer and Morgan got the rebound for the Scots and was fouled with three seconds left on the clock.

The Scots will take on Greenville in the regular SLIAC season finale at Becknell Gymnasium on a Saturday afternoon Senior Day game.