CONWAY, Ark. - The Hendrix College men's basketball team suffered a 75-71 loss to Berry College in Southern Athletic Association play Friday night at Grove Gymnasium.

The Warriors (1-15, 0-5) jumped out to an 11-0 lead over the first three minutes of the game. The Warriors led 25-15 with 9:27 to play, but the Vikings (7-8, 4-1) end the period on on 26-11 run to take a 41-36 lead into the break.

Berry led 66-61 with 2:29 to play, but a pair of free throws from freshman guard Ryan Bray and jumper from senior guard Drew Nikolovski cut the Hendrix deficit to one with 1:47 left. The Vikings held off the Warriors by scoring the next seven points, extending their lead to 73-65 with 16 seconds on the clock. A three-pointer by junior Aaron Steele with 10 seconds left made the game 73-68, but Berry's Nick Marder hit a pair of free throws five seconds later. Nikolovski hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to make the final score 75-71.

For the game, Hendrix shot 36.5 percent (23-of-63) from the field, 12-of-36 from three-point range and 13-of-20 at the line. Berry shot 40 percent (20-of-50) overall, 6-of-15 from outside and 29-of-42 in free throw attempts. The Vikings had a 45-35 rebound advantage.

The Warriors committed a season-low eight turnovers and broke the school record with 11 blocked shots, breaking the old mark of 10 set last season against Rhodes.

Hendrix Notes
- Graduate student forward John Ogle led Hendrix with 18 points, nine boards and a career-high three blocks.
- Nikolovski finished with 12 points and a pair of blocks.
- Brady recorded a season-best 10 points and dished out four assists.
- Steele had nine points an four boards.
- Freshman point guard Preston Smith added six assists.
- Bryce Parker added seven points and Bryce Batchelor recorded six.

Berry Notes
- Center Owen Jacobs came up with seven points and 11 rebounds. He passed the 1,000-point milestone in the game and now has 1,002 in his career.
- Lee McCloud led Berry with 18 points to go with six rebounds, three assists and three steals.
- Blake Scherrman had 14 points.
- Caleb Johnson had eight points and six boards.
- Alton McCloud finished with six points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals.

Up Next
Hendrix will host Oglethorpe University in a league game on Sunday at 2 p.m.