UPLAND, Ind. — Devin Heath-Granger broke a 37-year-old Goshen College record for most assists in a season Saturday in a 96-94 loss at Taylor University.

The Indianapolis native passed Kenny Edwards' mark with his 182nd assist, which came with 2:14 remaining on Patryck Ostrowski's third 3-pointer of the afternoon; he had matched it at the 4:46 mark on a Christian Grider triple.

Heath-Granger also scored 21 points and posted three steals on the day, slotting into a tie for fourth on the single-season steal list and becoming the third player in GC history with 200 career takeaways.

Christian Grider scored a game-high 24 points, pouring in nine field goals and five 3-pointers, while chipping in a team-high six rebounds for the Maple Leafs (11-17, 4-12). Billy Geschke scored 17 points while Patryck Ostrowski added 12.

The last laugh, however, went to the Trojans (16-12, 7-9). The hosts got 22 points from Ryan Robinson; while Mason Degenkolb came up two points shy of the team high, his final two came at the buzzer to send the crowd home happy.

Neither team led by more than eight points, an advantage the Maple Leafs reached twice before halftime and the Trojans once after it.

Goshen used a 7-0 run featuring three different scorers to stretch its lead to 33-25 just inside the five-minute mark of the first half before Taylor snapped off six straight points to pull within two 80 seconds later. After two more lead changes, each team missed in the waning seconds to set up a 44-all halftime deadlock.

The Maple Leafs made more than they missed in the opening 20 minutes, sinking 17 of 31 shots (54.8 percent) and 7 of 8 free throws. Taylor managed 44.1 percent (15-of-34) from the floor but made up the deficit with four 3-pointers and a 10-7 edge at the foul line.

GC used a 13-4 run over less than two minutes to take a 64-56 lead on one of Ostrowski's three 3-pointers with 14:45 left: six different Maple Leafs factored in the run on offense with Heath-Granger scoring twice and adding an assist.

Any comfort was short-lived, however: after Ostrowski's triple, Goshen went silent for more than two minutes and managed two field goals over the next nine minutes. Jake Heggeland scored seven Taylor points in the interim, including the last five in a 25-9 run that gave TU its largest lead at 81-73 with 5:48 remaining.

The Maple Leafs' record-setting assist man joined forces with the most prolific 3-point shooter of this decade to slap a tourniquet on Taylor's spurt as Grider drained two shots from long range in a 40-second span to pull GC back within four points with 4:46 left. That's where the margin stayed until the last 2½ minutes with Taylor up 89-83.

Following a Taylor offensive foul, Ostrowski's 3-pointer from Heath-Granger's record-setting assist cut the deficit in half. Grider added a steal with the shot clock running down, which ended up earning Heath-Granger a trip to the foul line with 93 seconds to play. He sank both shots to close the Trojan lead to 89-88.

Each team missed on its ensuing possession and Taylor's Tim Fleming hit one of two free throws to double the lead with 35 seconds remaining. A foul on the rebound sent Grider to the line on the other end, but the career 86 percent shooter missed a potential game-tying attempt.

The Trojans went 4-for-4 at the charity stripe sandwiched around a Geschke score to hold a 94-91 lead with 12 seconds remaining. That left more than enough time for Grider to match his season high with a fifth triple, which tied the score at 94 with 4.9 seconds remaining. It was the first deadlock in more than eight minutes.

Unfortunately for Goshen, that was about three-quarters of a second more than Degenkolb needed. Taking the inbound pass in front of the GC bench, he raced up the right sideline before turning toward the basket, letting a baseline runner fly over Geschke with seven-tenths of a second on the clock.

Leather met nylon moments later, sealing the Trojans' berth in the Crossroads League tournament later this month.

"I'm unbelievably proud of the incredible fight of our guys," Goshen head coach Jon Tropf said. "Sometimes you do that and you don't get rewarded, and this was one such night. But it's hard not to love our guys for how hard they competed."

Carter Boos tied his career high with four Maple Leaf rebounds while Grider posted multiple steals in a game for the fourth time this season. Conner Funkhouser collected his 400th career rebound and earned his first spot in a GC career top 10, creating and then breaking a four-way tie for 10th in free throws where he now sits ninth with 330.

Heath-Granger rose four spots on the single-season steal list, settling level with Roger Prough for fourth place at 65. He needs four steals in Goshen's last two games to claim second place outright.

Robinson and Degenkolb tied for Taylor's assist lead with five apiece. Heggeland led all players with nine rebounds and was one of three men with a block while shooting 7-of-8 from the floor.

The Trojans closed the game by shooting 20-for-27 (74.1 percent) in the last 19 minutes, adding an 8-of-9 clip at the foul line and two triples in that span. Goshen went 17-for-33 (51.5 percent) in the second half. The teams combined for just 26 rebounds, 15 defensive, in the last 20 minutes.

Goshen closes its road slate Tuesday evening at Spring Arbor; tip-off is set for 7 p.m. in Dunckel Gymnasium.