Marian University men’s basketball (1-0, 0-0 NACC) opened its season with a 68-67 victory over UW-Superior.
 

• Marian had a strong start opening the game with an 11-4 lead.
• The Yellow Jackets erased that deficit and took a 19-13 lead after a 15-2 spurt.
• That would be the largest lead for UWS as Marian ended the half with a quick 8-2 run to lead 33-30 at the break.
• The two squads went back-and-forth with UWS holding a 55-52 lead with 7:59 to play.
• Marian then took the lead for good after scoring 10 unanswered points.
• The Sabre lead was cut down to one with 10 seconds remaining but Marian was able to force a turnover with three seconds on the clock to seal the win.

• Marian was 27-of-60 (.450) from the field and 7-of-18 (.389) from the arc.
• UW-Superior finished 27-for-65 (.415) from the field and 11-of-26 (.423) on triples.
• The Sabres forced 15 turnovers and outscored UWS 27-12 in points off turnovers.
• The Yellow Jacket benched scored 41 of their points.
• Marian is now 3-3 all-time against UWS with two straight victories, the season opener last year.

	Junior Andrew Ayeni finished with a game-high 23 points to go with seven boards an dtwo blocks.
	Sophomore Harper Krolak chipped in 10 points and had six assists.
	Senior Alex Vassilakis added 10 points and had four steals.