Matthew Stilwill poured in a career high 21 points as the Charger men's basketball team avenged an earlier season loss to Dordt Saturday night. BC downed the Defenders 70-68 and have now won seven straight games. 

"I thought our guys continued to play with a lot of toughness tonight in a game where we didn't execute offensively all that well," said head coach Mark Svagera. "We made a couple huge plays late and then got just enough stops to get out of there with a win."
 
The Chargers led 9-7 at the 14-minute mark when Stilwill first checked into the contest. He made his presence felt immediately with nine straight points to take an 18-11 edge. Quinten Vasa knocked down a trey and BC grabbed their first double-digit lead of the night with 8:16 left in the half. 
 
The Chargers held a six-to-10-point lead until the three-minute mark, when Dordt cut the BC lead to four with a 6-0 run. Vasa hit his second triple of the half but was answered by a Cade Bleeker trey with just seconds remaining in the half. BC held a 35-33 lead at the break.
 
Dordt opened the second half outscoring the Chargers 12-4 in the first four minutes to take a 45-39 edge. Stilwil would jump start a 14-3 Charger run with seven straight points, followed by five straight from Nick Hoyt. Boerhave capped off the run with a fastbreak bucket and the Cliff lead 53-48 at the midway point of the half. 
 
Dordt regained the lead with just under eight minutes left in the contest and held a 64-58 lead with 4:43 remaining. A Stilwill trey opened a 10-0 BC run as they took a four-point advantage with a minute left. 
 
Dordt's Luke Rankin made a layup with nine seconds left, and after a Charger turnover the Defenders had a chance to tie the game. Rankin drove with seconds remaining, but Vasa came away with a steal to secure the Charger's sixth GPAC road win of the season.
 
Stilwill and Hoyt powered the Charger attack in the second half as they combined for 21 points on 8-for-9 shooting with two 3-pointers. 

"I'm really proud of the way our guys played tonight," said Svagera. "Stilwilll had a great game for us, he sparked our offense and was really good throughout for us."
 
Stilwill connected on 8-of-10 field goal attempts on his way to a game high 21 points to go with four rebounds, one block and one steal. Boerhave added 15 points and three boards on 5-for-9 shooting. Vasa contributed 11 points and grabbed nine boards.
 
The Cliff shot 54.2% from the field and 38.9% from deep, compared to Dordt's 41.4% shooting and 32.0% from the 3-point line. The Charger bench outscored Dordt's 30-8 and BC had more points in the paint 28-26.
 
Jackson Louscher paced Dordt with 16 points and six rebounds. Bryce Coppock added 15 points and Rankin had 13 points.
 
The Chargers improved to 13-6 overall and are 9-2 in GPAC play. They return to the Newman Flanagan Center Wednesday night to host Northwestern with tip-off set for 7:45 p.m.