Alex Ritzman of Sweet Home played on the Northwest Christian College men’s basketball team that placed second in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association national championship basketball game on March 10.
NWCC was seeded fourth going into the tournament.
The team led by six points at halftime but couldn’t hold on, falling to Rhema Bible College at Tulsa, Okla., in overtime 72-68.
“It was a close game the whole time,” said Ritzman, a sophomore. “I…