River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Men's Basketball team was back in the Igini Sports Forum for their second straight home game to start off the 2026-2027 season.
Results:
Alma: 87
Dominican: 58
How it Happened:
-Junior Braydon murphy scored the first bucket of the game with a layup inside the paint.
-Alma went on a 16-0 run right after the bucket by Murphy.
-Dominican went on their own run to cut their deficit to just 12. Junior
Aidin Custovic scored 7 straight points for the Stars in this run, while Murphy made a free-throw to tack on one more point.
-DU and Alma traded buckets down the stretch of the first half with Freshman
Luke Nelson hitting a three, and Junior
Kaden Dawson making a bucket inside the paint.
-The Stars went into the break down 38-20. The Scots shot an incredible 53% from the floor and 42.8% from downtown in the first half.
-Dominican got their first points of the second half by Sophomore
Max Justic making both free throws and Junior
Frank Paszkowski making a layup in the paint that Justic assisted on.
-DU continued to crawl back into the game cutting their deficit to just 12 again with Nelson, Dawson, Paszkowski, and Junior
James Clay all getting buckets on this 9-2 run that made the score 51-39 in favor of Alma.
-After the Dominican run the Scots busted open a run of their own which was 16-4 and brought the score to 67-43.
-DU got some run for new players in the latter stages of the game with Sophomore
Jeremiah Carter picking up 3 points and Junior
Mike Massey collecting 5 points.
-The Stars put up 38 points in the second half, but they had no answer for the Scots offense that put up 49.
-The Stars shot 34% from the floor and 13% from three in the game, with 30 points in the paint.
Shining Stars:
-Junior
Braydon Murphy led the team with 13 points and 9 rebounds along with a block.
-Junior
Aidin Custovic put up double figures for the second straight game scoring 11 points with 5 rebounds and a steal.
-Junior
Kaden Dawson collected 7 points of the bench for the DU.
-Freshman
Luke Nelson brought of spark of energy for the Stars scoring 7 points, 4 rebounds, and an assist.
Leading the Way:
Points: Murphy (13)
Rebounds: Murphy (9)
Assists: Justic (3)
Steals: Justic and Dawson (2)
Blocks: Murphy (1)
Minutes: Ndiaye (26)
What's Next:
The Dominican University Men's Basketball team moves to 1-1 on the season, but will have a chance to avenge their loss tomorrow as the Stars will take on Asbury University at 12:00 p.m. inside the Igini Sports Forum.
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