Trailing 66-60 with 10:45 remaining, the RV Charger men's basketball team stormed back to take a 98-90 road win against Midland Wednesday evening. Matthew Stilwill scored 45 points, with 33 coming in the second half.
   
"Really like the toughness and resiliency we played with tonight to come away with a GPAC road win!" said Head Coach Mark Svagera. "We had to really buckle down late in the second half to get some defensive stops."
 
In the opening minutes of the contest, Tyrus Eischeid nailed a triple off a pick-and-pop from Blake Sindelar at the top of the key to give Briar Cliff a 12-6 lead. With 8:24 remaining in the first half, Eischeid knocked down his second three of the game off an assist from Quinn Vesey to give BCU a 27-21 lead. The Warriors kept it close, as Jake Rueschhoff scored on a layup as the half ended to cut the Briar Cliff lead to 44-41.
 
With 12:48 remaining in the contest, the Warriors took a 56-54 lead following a Derek Merwick layup. A layup from Ryan Larsen gave Midland a two-possession lead with little over 10 minutes remaining in the contest.
 
For the remainder of the game, Stilwill took over.
 
Stilwill scored 27 points in the final 10 minutes of regulation, making tough contested layups and making the most out of his trips to the charity stripe.
 
With the game tied at 79-79 with 4:10 left to play, Stilwill drove to the paint and scored through the foul. He sank the free throw to give Briar Cliff an 82-79 lead. The Warrior's Colton Uhing responded with a layup of his own to cut the lead within one. Stilwill the next possession scored another tough layup to push the lead back to three. After a defensive board from Kamden Wingert, Blake Sindelar dished it to Stilwill, who knocked down a triple, forcing a Warriors timeout. Stilwill extended the lead to seven following another layup with 1:38 on the clock.
 
With a minute left, the Warriors were forced to intentional foul, sending the Chargers to the line. Briar Cliff went eight-for-10 at the Charity stripe in the final minute to take a 98-90 victory.
 
Stilwill set a new career high of 45 points to go with seven rebounds and two assists. He went 13-for-19 from the field, and 17-for-18 from the free throw line. Jamison Helmers recorded 14 points and knocked down three triples. Eischeid added 14 points and collected six rebounds in the contest.
 
"Matt Stilwill was obviously huge scoring the ball again tonight," said Svagera. "I also thought Garrett trapp and Kam Wingert gave us a big defensive boost in the second half."
 
The Chargers improve to 6-0 (1-0 GPAC) on the season. They will return to action next Tuesday inside the Newman Flanagan Center as they take on the Tigers of Dakota Wesleyan. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:45 p.m.