River Forest, Ill.- The Dominican University men's basketball team hosted the Prairie Fire of Knox College in their season opener on Friday night.

Results:
Dominican:80
Knox :73

How it Happened:
-Dominican and Knox battled back-and-fourth for the first 6 minutes of the game with the largest lead being 15-8 after Senior Quante May drills a three point shot.
-The Prairie Fire did not go away though, tying the game up at 26 with 3 minutes left to go in the first half.  
-DU went into halftime down 31-30, despite only shooting 23% from the floor. The Stars made up for the lack of field goal percentage by going 80% from the charity stripe.
-Dominican and Knox continued to battle it out to start the second half with both teams trading buckets.
-The Stars were able to break the game open to a six point Dominican lead when Senior Daniel Nennig makes a fast break layup.
-Senior Andre Bennett put Du up 9 after hitting a three with 5 minutes left. This making the score 67-59.
-Once again Knox clawed their way back into the game cutting the Dominican lead to just 4.  
-Nennig and the Stars put the game away after Nennig hit two clutch free throws. Followed by Bennett hitting two more free throws to make the score 78-73.
-Senior Terrell Taylor made the final bucket of the game off a steal and fast break layup.  
-Dominican shot an incredible 23-27 from the free throw line.

Shining Stars:
-Senior Terrell Taylor led the Stars in points with 15 of them. T. Taylor went 6 for 6 from the free throw line. Terrell grabbed  6 rebounds and 3 steals in the game.  
-Senior Andre Bennett came off the bench for the Stars and finished with 14 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists. Bennett went 4 for 4 from the charity stripe.  
-5^th Year Student Camron Scott collected a double-double scoring 12 points and 11 rebounds. Scott also led the team in blocks with 3 of them.
-Senior Danny Nennig collected 9 points in the game and went 7-8 from the free throw line. Danny also picked up 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals.  

Leading the Way:
Points: T. Taylor (15)
Rebounds: Scott (11)
Assists: Nennig, Bennett and Crapia (2)
Steals: Crapia, T. Taylor and Nennig (3)
Blocks: Scott (3)
Minutes: Scott (33)

What's Next:
The Dominican University men's basketball team will be back in the Igini Sports Forum on Saturday November 16^th for their second game. Kalamazoo College will come to town for a 2:00pm tip-off.

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