Marian University men’s basketball (4-0, 0-0 NACC) defeated Beloit 63-59 to stay undefeated and continue the best known start in program history. 

• Marian was able to get out to a strong start taking an 11-5 lead to force a Beloit timeout.
• The Buccaneers bounced back and after back-to-back triples managed to lead 22-17 with 9:32 on the clock.
• Beloit led for the remainder of the half and went into the locker room ahead 38-31.
• The Sabres kept pace and only trailed 42-37 with 15:16 left before Beloit went on a quick 6-1 spurt to build an 11-point lead.
• Marian quickly erased that deficit with 11 unanswered points to tie the game with 9:13 to play.
• A layup from senior Mahlik Hall put Marian ahead 55-44 with 5:21 left to play, a lead the Sabres would not relinquish.
• The Sabres and Buccaneers went back-and-forth over the final minutes and Beloit found themselves down three with 19 seconds remaining.
• A block on a three-point attempt with six ticks left from sophomore Jack Field helped seal the Marian comeback win.

• The Sabres went 22-of-54 (.407) from the field but shot just 2-of-15 (.133) from beyond the arc.
• Beloit finished 18-of-48 (.375) and 5-of-18 (.278) on three-point attempts.
• The Marian defense had another strong game forcing 20 turnovers and outscoring the Buccaneers 18-9 in points off turnovers.
• The Sabres also held a 38-22 advantage for points in the paint outscoring Beloit 22-10 in the second half.
• Marian is now 6-10 all-time against Beloit and have won the last two meetings.

	Junior Brandon Adorno finished with 10 points, three rebounds, and three assists.
	Senior Mahlik Hall came off the bench to score a team-high 12 points.
	Sophomore Sam Gingras also had 12 points to go with an assist and two rebounds.