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66
Winner St. Norbert SNC 14-6,10-3 NACC
65
Dominican (IL) DU 7-12,4-8 NACC
Winner
St. Norbert SNC
14-6,10-3 NACC
66
Final
65
Dominican (IL) DU
7-12,4-8 NACC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
St. Norbert SNC 27 39 66
Dominican (IL) DU 23 42 65

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Stars Win Streak Snapped at Home in Nail Biter

River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University men's basketball team hosted the Green Knights of St. Norbert College, with the Stars on a 4 game win streak, looking to make it 5.

Results:
St. Norbert: 66
Dominican: 65


 How it Happened:
 -DU and SNC got into a rock fight in the first half with a 5-5 game after five minutes of play.
 -5th Year Student Camron Scott created a spark offensively for the Stars hitting 2 straight buckets and free throw shots.
 -Freshman Frank Paszkowski made back-to-back jumpers for DU evening the score up at 21 a piece with two and a half to go.  
 -Dominican faced a 27-23 deficit going into the halftime break. The Stars shot 34% from the floor and 71% from the charity stripe.
 -St. Norbert came out the gates hot after the break pushing their lead to 10 points with 18 minutes to play in the half.
 -The Stars would face a 12-point deficit at the 15-minute mark. DU did not go away without a fight, with Senior Terrell Taylor finding his stride offensively. The Stars took the lead with 12 minutes left to play after 5th Year Student Andre Bennett nailed a driving layup.
 -The Green Knights found themselves with a 7-point lead again with 8 minutes left.
 -The Stars would face a 9-point deficit with 6 minutes to go but continued to scratch and claw themselves back into the game.
-T. Taylor was at the center of it all scoring 11 straight points to tie the game at 60 with 3 to play.
-Dominican took a 65-64 lead with 21 seconds left after T. Taylor knocked down two free throws.
-St. Norbert answered the door hitting a turn-around jump shot in the paint to take a 66-65 lead.
-The Stars prayer did not fall on their half-court heave from Senior Daniel Nennig.
-DU shot 20 free throws in the second half and hit 17 of them. Dominican shot 37% from the floor and 81% from the free-throw line in the game.
-The Stars collected 50 bench points.  

 Shining Stars:
 -Senior Terrell Taylor had the offense rolling in the second half with him scoring 22 points on 6-12 shooting and 9-10 from the free-throw line. T. Taylor also collected 4 steals, 4 assists, and 3 rebounds.   
 -Senior Daniel Nennig was all over the stat sheet for Dominican, collecting 9 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals and, 1 block.
 -5th-year Student Camron Scott was the second leading scorer for DU scoring 12 points on 2-4 shooting from downtown. Scott also collected 7 rebounds, 2 blocks, and a steal.
 -Graduate Student Robbie Taylor came off the bench for Dominican and scored 6 points, grabbed 4 rebounds, and came down with a steal.   

 Leading the Way:
 Points: T. Taylor (22)
 Rebounds: Scott (7)
 Assists: T. Taylor (4)
 Steals: Nennig and T. Taylor (4)
 Blocks: Scott (2)
 Minutes: R. Taylor (32)

 What's Next:
 The Dominican University men's basketball team will be back in action Wednesday night. The Stars will be on the road for back-to-back games and it starts at Wisconsin Lutheran College at 7:00 p.m.

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