Marian University men’s basketball (5-20, 5-13 NACC) defeated St. Norbert 63-60 to close out its season.
 

• Marian led for 38:04 of the game and was able to rally late to finish the season with a victory.
• The Sabres were able to quickly jump ahead to a 13-2 lead and didn’t miss a shot for the first 7:48 of the game.
• St. Norbert responded using a 12-1 run to quickly tie the game at 14-14.
• The momentum shift ended their as the Sabres would score 10 unanswered to build its lead back out to 24-14 with 4:15 in the half.
• The Green Knights cut into this deficit and trailed by five before a three-pointer at the buzzer from junior JeanLuc Wilson gave the Sabres a 29-21 lead at the break.
• The buzzer beater gave Marian momentum and opened the second half with a quick 5-2 run that built the Sabre lead to 11.
• The Sabres kept its lead for nearly the entirety of the second half with St. Norbert chipping its deficit down to just one on four occasions.
• Marian found itself ahead 59-56 with 2:46 to play before SNC struck for a quick four unanswered to take its first lead of the game at 60-59 with 40 ticks left.
• The next possession saw senior Tavaris McCullough draw a foul and sink two free throws to put Marian ahead 61-60 with 20 seconds left.
• St. Norbert then missed a pair of free throws and a second-chance jumper with six seconds left.
• Freshman Gavin Jahns would sink two free throws to seal the win with just 1.8 seconds left.

• Marian shot 22-of-46 (.478) for the game but just 7-of-26 (.269) on three-pointers.
• St. Norbert finished 22-of-47 (.468) and was limited to 3-of-15 (.200) on triples.
• The charity stripe played a major factor as Marian was 12-of-15 (.800) and SNC just 13-of-23 (.565)
• The Green Knights had a 19-11 advantage in points off turnovers and 36-26 edge in points in the paint.
• Marian and SNC have now split the last four match-ups in the all-time series.

	Junior JeanLuc Wilson scored a game-high 19 points with 11 rebounds for his third double-double of the season.  He also had four steals and two blocks.
	Freshman Gavin Jahns added 12 points to go with four rebounds.
	Freshman Sam Gingras scored 15 points and had an assist.