BETHANY, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University men’s basketball faced some frustrations in their first Great American Conference match-up against top-ranked Southern Nazarene University Thursday evening. The Rangers trailed the Crimson Storm for most of the game and finished with a final score of 56-81. Transfer Nathan Bailey had a stellar game with 19 points, four rebounds, and went 5-10 from beyond the arc.

The Crimson Storm grabbed an early lead, but the Rangers were hot on their trial right away. Three straight three-point shots drained from Bailey was enough to get the Black and...