River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University men's basketball team will host the Scarlet Hawks to finish up their three-game homestand.
Series History vs Illinois Tech:
DU and Illinois Tech's first match-up was on 11/30/2016
All-Time Record / Streak: 4-8/ Dominican W1
The Stars beat the Scarlet Hawks last season 67-62 at Illinois Tech.
This is the first and only meeting this season between the two schools.
DU in Review:
-Dominican is 1-1 in their first two games of the three-game homestand.
-DU is coming off their first conference victory of the season against Concordia University of Wisconsin on January 18th to the final score of 90-72.
-The Stars have now scored over 80 points in the last two games and coming off a game where they shot 49.2% from the floor.
-The win on January 18th ended a three-game losing streak.
-DU is 4-3 when they score over 80 points in the game.
DU Players:
-The Stars will hope to get Senior Guard Terrell Taylor back in the lineup after missing Saturday's game. T. Taylor is the leading scorer for DU with 207 points on the season.
-5th Year Student Andre Bennett has been a big factor off the bench for Dominican coming off a game where Bennett had 12 points on 4-10 shooting.
-Freshman Lucas Underwood is coming off his best game in Stars uniform scoring 18 points and collecting 7 assists in the win over CUW. Underwood will have to continue his hot shooting from three and the free-throw line.
Scouting Report:
-Illinois Tech is 3-12 overall and 2-6 in the NACC.
-The Scarlet Hawks are coming into the game on a 6-game losing streak.
-Illinois tech is 0-7 away from their home court.
-The Scarlet Hawks have not scored over 80 points all season.