River Forest, Ill. -The Dominican University men's basketball team hosted the Edgewood College Eagles for a NACC conference game.
Results:
Edgewood:83
Dominican:80
How it Happened:
-Dominican shot the ball extremely well in the first half. Shooting 60% from the field, 50% from behind the 3 point line, and making all of their free throws.
-The Stars held the Eagles to only 22% shooting from behind the 3 point line in the first half.
-DU held a 44-41 halftime lead.
-Dominican started off slow in the second half only scoring 7 points in the first four and half minutes.
-The Stars were down by 10 with 13 minutes left in the game.
-DU surged behind Junior
Andre Bennett 3 point shooting to tie the ball game up at 80.
-Edgewood hit the game winning shot as clocked expired.
-Dominican had 35 bench points compared to the Eagles 6.
Shining Stars:
-Sophomore
Joshua West went 7-14 from the floor picking up 18 points and 4 rebounds.
-Junior
Daniel Nennig collected 12 points 2 steals and 3 rebounds.
-Junior
Andre Bennett went 3-5 from behind the arc, collecting 11 points, 2 steals, and 4 assists.
Senior
Jacob Riedl chipped in with 11 points, and 5 rebounds off the bench.
Leading the Way:
Points: West (18)
Rebounds: Riedl, and R. Taylor (5)
Assists: Bennett (4)
Steals: Nennig and Bennet (2)
Blocks: Scott, and Bandi (1)
Minutes: Nennig (29)
What's Next:
The Dominican University men's basketball team will travel to North Park University Monday evening to face off with the Vikings. Tip-off will be at 5:00p.m.
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