Freshman Logan Harris (Pleasant Plains, Ill.) tallied 18 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Dominican University men’s basketball team past the MacMurray College Highlanders, 86-67, in River Forest on Saturday afternoon. The win improves the Stars to 6-4 on the season while dropping MacMurray to 2-5.

After the Highlanders scored on the first possession of the game to take a 2-0 lead, the Stars rattled off six straight points capped by a Darrius Nelson (Michigan City, Ind.) lay in and never looked back. Freshman Taylor DeRoo (Holland, Mich.), making his first start of the season, extended the Stars’ lead to 9-4, nailing a three-pointer less than two minutes into the first half.

Dominican led by as many as 16 in the first twenty minutes and led 46-33 at the break as Milos Mandic (Munster, Ind.) tallied two of his season-high 16 to close out the first half.

The Stars opened the second half with an 8-2 run with Marquis Turley (Grand Rapids, Mich.) sparking the run with back-to-back buckets to put the Stars ahead 54-35. Dominican continued to extend its lead, stretching its advantage to 27 (71-44) on a Mandic rebound and put back with ten minutes to play, and then coasted to the non-conference victory.

Harris and Mandic led four players in double-figures for the Stars with DeRoo adding 14 points on 6-for-12 shooting from the field and junior Kevin Blackowicz (Mundelein, Ill.) scoring 11 points in the winning effort.

Dominican shot 50 percent from the field (35-for-70) while holding the Highlanders to 24-for-60 shooting and forcing 20 turnovers.

The Stars, winners of four of their last five contests, will return to action on Tuesday, squaring off with Trine University in Orlando, Fla.