WALESKA, Ga. -- Inside the James & Sis Brown Athletic Center on Saturday, the Reinhardt College men's basketball squad suffered a 59-54 Appalachian Athletic Conference loss to the visiting Union College Bulldogs in its annual homecoming game.  

Prior to the regular season finale, Reinhardt celebrated Senior Day with players Kordel Alexander, Mario Mason, Derrick Delagrana, Quinton Spivey, Will Lewis, Joseph Odugbela and Adam Darling being honored.

Down by six points with four minutes left in the first half, the Eagles finished on a 12-0 run to lead 26-20 at halftime. The Eagles upped their advantage to 10 points early in the second half but they never led again after Union went ahead 41-40 with 10:50 to go. The Bulldogs' largest lead was seven points in the final minute.

Union ended at 35.2 percent (19-of-54) from the field, compared to 30.4 percent (17-of-56) for Reinhardt. Each team committed 16 turnovers and the Bulldogs had a 42-39 edge in rebounds.

For the Eagles, Delagrana matched a season high with 14 points while Lewis scored 12 and grabbed a game-best nine rebounds. Mason chipped in with seven points.

Reinhardt dips to 16-11 overall and finished 9-7 in the AAC (sixth place) while Union improves to 18-12 overall and concluded conference play at 11-5 (tied for first). The No. 6-seeded Eagles' first AAC Tournament game is a quarterfinal contest on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Dayton, Tenn., against the No. 3-seeded Bryan College Lions, who shared the AAC regular season championship with three other teams. The winner of Wednesday's contest advances to the semifinal round two days later. Complete tournament seedings and pairings are available at Basketball 2010 Tournament.