River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University men's basketball team came back to the Igini Sports Forum for their first game at home in almost two weeks.
Results
Rockford: 77
Dominican: 67
How it Happened:
-Fifth-year student
Camron Scott brought the offensive spark in the first half scoring 10 of Dominican's 15 points.
-Fifth-year student
Andre Bennett picked up where Scott left off scoring 6 of the next 10 points.
-DU went into the break facing a 44-30 deficit while shooting 40% from the field and 11-16 from the charity stripe in the first half.
-The Stars came out the gate hot to start the second half, scoring the first six points. A bucket by Senior
Daniel Nennig and two by Scott.
-Dominican got the deficit all the way down to six points after Junior
Dominic Crapia hit a three-point bucket with fourteen and a half to play.
-The Regents of Rockford found a stride and stretched their lead back out to 11.
-DU did not go away without a fight cutting their deficit to just four after Graduate Student
Robbie Taylor made a layup with 8 minutes to play.
-Rockford had another run on their sideline getting their lead back to double-digits.
-The Stars got their deficit back to 7 but the Regents had an answer at the free-throw line icing the game away.
-Dominican shot 39% from the floor in the second and only got to the free-throw line 9 times in the half.
Shining Stars:
-5th-year student
Camron Scott led the Stars with 19 points on 6-10 shooting while going 6-8 from the charity stripe. Scott also grabbed 8 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 3 steals.
-5th-year student
Andre Bennett played 19 minutes off the bench and scored 15 points on 4-8 shooting.
-Junior
Dominic Crapia added 11 points on 5-6 shooting from the free-throw line.
Leading the Way:
Points: Scott (19)
Rebounds: Scott (8)
Assists: Underwood (4)
Steals: Scott (3)
Blocks: Scott (3)
Minutes: Nennig (32)
What's Next:
Dominican University Men's Basketball is 7-15 on the season with a 4-11 conference record. The Stars will be right back on the hardwood Saturday afternoon as they travel to Milwaukee for a date with MSOE. Tip-of between the Stars and the Raiders is set for 1:00 p.m.
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