Lancers Sent Coach K Out With A VictoryWINONA LAKE – Grace College did everything it could to send its head coach out a winner, and it was more than enough to give Jim Kessler one last victory on the floor named for him.
Charlie Warner led all scorers with 27 points and eight rebounds, with Haden Deaton adding 26 points and nine boards to the Lancer attack in Grace’s 96-88 victory over Columbia International in the fifth place game of the NCCAA Men’s Basketball Tourn-ament at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center.
Kessler closed out his 42-year coaching career with the win, and gave an emotion-filled speech afterward.
Logan Godfrey added 14 points for the Lancers, and Braxton Linville was in double figures with 10 points for Grace.
The Lancers never trailed and led by as many as 21 late in the first half. Grace used red-hot 56 percent shooting in the first half to roll to a 56-41 lead at halftime.
Grace closed out its 2019-19 season with a 18-16 record.
