RIVER FOREST, Ill. – Marian University men’s basketball (2-13, 2-7 NACC) was defeated by Dominican 68-58 in NACC action.
- Dominican jumped out to the first sizable lead at 13-6 but Marian would respond with nine straight points to lead 15-13.
- The Stars had an answer of their own following the Sabre run with a 18-2 spurt of their own.
- Marian was able to chip away at this deficit and only trailed 38-35 going into halftime.
- The Sabres would open the scoring for the second half to only trail by one but it proved to be the closest Marian would get.
- Following the 38-37 score, Dominican went on a quick 9-2 run to lead by eight and the remainder of the half saw each side go shot for shot.
- Marian was able to trim its deficit down to two at one point but Dominican was able to hold off the momentum shift and earn the 68-58 win.
- Marian would only go 22-of-65 (.338) from the field and 5-of-24 (.208) from three-point range.
- Dominican had a strong game shooting going 24-of-41 (.585) and 9-of-21 (.429) from beyond the arc.
- The Sabre defense was able to force 22 turnovers and outscored the Stars 24-16 in points off turnovers.
- Marian also had 15 offensive rebounds but could only manage eight second chance points.
- The defeat snaps a four-game winning streak in the all-time series for Marian against Dominican. The Sabres are now 25-12 all-time against the Stars and 10-9 on the road.
