Marian University men’s basketball (4-19, 4-12 NACC) never trailed defeating Illinois Tech 64-45 on the road.
 

• Marian scored the first 12 points of the game and never looked back to open its final road trip of the season.
• The Scarlet Hawks would score seven straight following a timeout and the game remained two possessions for most of the half.
• The Sabres were able to head into the locker room with a 29-24 advantage.
• IIT was able to jump out to a quick start to open the second half and only trailed 31-30 with 16:54 to play.
• Marian quickly responded with a 12-3 spurt to build a double-digit lead.
• The Sabres kept a hefty advantage the rest of the way and closed out the game with 11 unanswered points to put the final at 64-45.

• Marian finished 23-of-52 (.442) from the field and 13-of-28 (.464) from beyond the arc.
• Illinois Tech was limited to 18-of-48 (.375) shooting and 4-of-12 (.333) on three-pointers.
• The Sabre defense was also able to force 19 IIT turnovers and outscored the Scarlet Hawks 20-2 in points off turnovers.
• Marian has now won five of the last six games against IIT and improves to 10-3 all-time against the Scarlet Hawks.

	Senior Tavaris McCullough led all scorers with 16 points and had five assists.
	Sophomore Tyler Bunkoske had a season-high 12 points after hitting four three-pointers.
	Freshman Jack Field finished with double-digit points for a second straight game scoring 12 to go with three steals.