By Jackson Faerber, The Chronicle Sports Writer

The Lancers pulled off an impressive wire-to-wire victory during Tuesday night's game against Morton College.

This was the Lancers' second victory in as many matches, and brought their total record to 15-11 and their conference record to 7-4.

Although the Lancers had already defeated Morton college earlier in the season, Head Coach Chuck Ramsey knew his Lancers were facing a different team.

"Morton has won six in a row," Ramsey said. "They've been playing really well, and they are hard to guard, they have a lot of guys who can score."

The Lancers got off to quick start, and by the 12-minute mark they were up by seven points.

That seven-point lead was thanks, in large part, to the energy brought by Guard Arthell Rosquist.

On one end of the floor, he finished a fast break with an emphatic dunk.

He then followed that by taking a charge on the defensive end of the floor.

"I practice dunks a lot," Rosquist said. "I love to do them. It's more for the crowd, more for the team because it gets the team going."

Another tone setter for the Lancers was Forward Kealin McLean.

McLean led all players with an astounding 17 rebounds in 31 minutes.

During the pre-game interview, Coach Ramsey stressed that team defense was paramount in a match of this magnitude.

The Lancers were playing great team defense right up to about the eight-minute mark when they allowed Morton College to grab a six-point lead.

What followed next, was arguably the turning point of the game.

Coach Ramsey used a full timeout, and following that timeout the Lancers closed out the last five minutes of the first half on a 14-2 scoring run which gave them a 37-31 lead at the half.

"He told us we have to keep our heads up, we have to keep being aggressive and move the ball more." Guard Jordan Taylor said.

Taylor, himself, had an impactful performance in the game.

His 20 points led all Lancers for the night, and he got nine of those off a 100 percent performance from the free-throw line.

The Lancers had a difficult time getting into their half-court offense during the second half, and were forced to take a few too many long range jump shots as the shot clock was expiring.

The Lancers were able to get to the free-throw line however.

They shot 19 second half free throws, and made 17 of those.

Though the Lancers performed efficiently, the game still came right down to the wire.

Morton College got within one point of the Lancers with 17 seconds remaining, but some clutch free throws by Taylor in the final seconds of the game were enough to ensure a Lancer victory.

The regular season was nearing its end for the Lancers.

There were only three games remaining, and they are all against conference opponents.

"We have to keep grinding," Rosquist said. "We have a few games left and there all in the division, so they are that much more important."