River Forest, Ill.—The Dominican University Men's Basketball team returned to the Igini Sports Forum for their final home game of the season, against Wisconsin Lutheran on Valentine's Day.

Results: Final in Overtime
Dominican: 82
Wisconsin Lutheran: 80

 How it Happened:
-Dominican started the game on fire, going on an 8-3 run in which Sophomore Frank Paszkowski and Senior Adrian Pelszynski each buried a three, with Senior Dominic Crapia adding a dunk for the exclamation point.
-The Stars continued with that momentum, pushing their lead to 17-8 after back-to-back buckets by Sophomore Braydon Murphy.
- The Warriors then found their stride, going on a 14-0 run to take a 22-17 lead with just under 7 minutes to play in the half.
-Paszkowski and Pelszynski each hit threes that stopped the bleeding and allowed for Dominican to storm back and tie the game up at 26 at the final media timeout of the first half.
-After the stoppage DU picked up right where they left off with Pelszynski and Paszkowski earning tough buckets, followed by Murphy doing the same to take a 34-31 lead into the half.
-Pelszynski had 16 points in the first half on 5-8 shooting from downtown.
-Coming out of the halftime break, the first six points were all scored from the free-throw line. WLC hit 4 of the 6.
-After the free throw party, the Stars regained the momentum with Crapia hitting a jumper in the paint and Paszkowski hitting back-to-back threes, making the score 44-35.
-Murphy exploded in the middle portion of the second half, scoring 5 straight points, including a dunk.
-Everything seemed to be pointing in Dominican's direction after Pelszynski converted a four-point play with 10 minutes left in the game, holding a 55-43 lead.
-WLC pushed the DU lead to just 5 before Crapia hit a big-time three and Paszkowski made a free throw before being subbed out of the game due to blood, before the second shot.
-Wisconsin Lutheran continued to fight in the final two of play, being down by 9. The Warriors pushed the game to overtime tied at 69.
-Paszkowski earned 12 points, and Crapia scored 8 points in the second half.
-Tied at 69, the extra five minutes of basketball started off with Murphy making a layup to open the scoring in overtime.
-Wisconsin Lutheran immediately took the lead with back-to-back buckets in the paint, giving the Warriors a 73-71 lead.
-Dominican punched back, scoring 9 of the next 11 points and holding an 80-75 lead with just over a minute and a half left. Crapia and seven straight Murphy points gave DU the five-point lead with a minute to play.
-In a span of 8 seconds, WLC cut what was a five-point lead to just one due to 4 straight points.
-Paszkowski responded for Dominican, knocking down both free throws to give DU an 82-79 lead with under ten seconds to play.
-The Stars foul up three, forcing the Warriors to go 1-2 from the line, making the score 82-80 with 6 seconds left to play.
-The Stars would hold on and win 82-80 in overtime, with Murphy scoring 9 points in the extra period.
-Dominican ended the game with 4 players in double figures, and 3 of them were over 20 points in the game.
 
 Shining Stars:
-Senior Adrian Pelszynski earned Star of the Game, scoring 20 points on 6-10 shooting from downtown.
-Sophomore Braydon Murphy tallied up 21 points with 6 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 2 steals. Murphy went 7-9 from the charity stripe.
-Sophomore Frank Paszkowski collected 20 points in his 38 minutes of play, while collecting 7 rebounds and 4 steals.
-Senior Dominic Crapia added 12 points on his senior night. Crapia also added 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals.

 Leading the Way:
 Points: Murphy (21)
 Rebounds: Paszkowski (7)
 Assists: Nidaye and Crapia (4)
 Steals: Paszkowski (4)
 Blocks: Murphy (3)
 Minutes: Crapia (39)

 What's Next:
 The Dominican University Men's Basketball team improves to 2-21 (2-14 NACC) on the season. The Stars will wrap up their season with a back-to-back road trip. The first game being down Division Street, at Concordia Chicago on February 18^th, tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m.

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