The Dominican University men's basketball team picked up their first win of the season on Saturday evening, topping the Rockford University Regents 85-70 to move to 1-3 on the season and 1-0 in Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) play. Isaac Moore led five in double-figures scoring for Dominican, pouring in a game-high 19 points on 6-for-13 shooting to lead the way.

"That was a good road win to start the conference season," commented Mark White, the Stars' head men's basketball coach. "The team had great energy and determination the whole game. I was most pleased that when Rockford made their run in the second half, we held tough and closed out the game, answering with a 24-10 run of our own."
  
The Stars and Regents traded leads throughout much of the first 15 minutes of play until Dennis Handy put the Stars ahead 36-35 after Moore pulled down an offensive rebound.  Rockford was able to even the score with a free throw on their next possession with the Stars taking a 43-40 lead into the break.
 
Dominican opened its first double-digit lead, using a 16-6 run to open the second half, taking a 57-46 lead when Moore converted a lay in on the break with 15:07 to play.
 
Rockford made a run of their own, chipping away at the lead over the next four minutes, eventually pulling within one, 61-60, with 10:50 to go.
 
Handy and Arrin Westbrook answered with threes on Dominican's next two possessions to quickly push the lead back to seven and sparking a 24-10 run for Dominican to close out the game.
 
The Stars shot 15-for-34 from three in the game while the Regents managed to go just 6-for-15 from behind the three-point stripe.  Dominican also got out and ran, holding a 21-7 advantage in fast break points.
 
Connor Dartt, Domenic Aiello, Jackson Smith and Handy all joined Moore in double-figures while Westbrook finished with nine.  Dartt chipped in 13 in 17 minutes while Aiello went 4-for-5 from three for 12 points.  Smith and Handy finished with 11 and ten respectively.
 
For the Regents, Kevin Diemer scored 13 points on 6-for-12 shooting while Taylor Krocker came off the bench to score 14 points in 18 minutes of work.
 
The Stars will look to win their second straight on Wednesday, traveling to Illinois Tech to take on the Scarlet Hawks in conference action.  Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Keating Sports Center in Chicago.