Marian University men’s basketball (2-12, 2-6 NACC) earned its second straight win defeating Aurora 67-61 in overtime.
 

• Aurora scored the first five points in what proved to be the largest lead early on.
• Marian eventually took a 16-15 advantage only to see the Spartans use a quick 10-2 run to lead 25-18 with 4:12 left until halftime.
• After trailing 27-20, Marian closed the half with seven unanswered points to put the score at a 27-27 deadlock going into halftime.
• Aurora took an early 31-29 lead before Marian went on a 12-3 spurt to lead 41-34.
• The Sabres led by as much as eight only to have the Spartans chip away and eventually tie the game at 50-50.
• Aurora would take a three-point lead with 1:02 left to play only for junior Mahlik Hall to respond with a triple of his own to tie the game at 55-55.
• Each team had an opportunity to break the tie in the final 48 seconds but the game would head to an extra period.
• Marian immediately came out firing scoring the first five points and never trailed in overtime.
• The Sabres built their lead out to as large as seven with the final settling at 67-61.

• Marian shot 22-of-53 (.415) and went 9-of-18 (.500) from beyond the arc.  The Sabres would go 5-of-6 (.833) in overtime and hit the only triple they attempted.
• Aurora shot 21-of-58 (.362) and only 5-of-28 (.179) on three-pointers.  The Spartans went 0-for-5 from beyond the arc in overtime.
• The Spartans had a 30-22 advantage for points in the paint.
• Each team had 37 rebounds.
• The Sabres improve to 4-1 over the last five meetings against Aurora.

	Senior Tavaris McCullough led all scorers with 17 points and grabbed six rebounds.
	Junior Mahlik Hall came off the bench to score 15 points with two steals and three assists.
	Junior Marcell Drone scored a season-high 10 points to go with a team-high seven rebounds.