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Offense sputters for Sabre men’s basketball at Edgewood

Marian University men’s basketball (0-5, 0-2 NACC) fell 67-54 at Edgewood in its first road conference game of the year.
 

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  • Neither squad was able to control play through the first 9:29 of action leading to a 13-13 tie.
  • The Eagles then went on a small 10-4 spurt to build a six-point lead but it proved to be the difference for the half.
  • Edgewood would build a 28-21 lead heading into halftime.
  • Marian opened the second half on a 12-6 spurt that saw the Sabres trim its deficit down to one with 12:39 left to play forcing an Eagle timeout.
  • The Sabres were able to trail by just one point on three occasions but couldn’t get a defensive stop to tie or retake the lead.
  • Edgewood found itself ahead 39-38 with 10:10 to play before scoring seven straight points to build an eight-point cushion.
  • An 11-1 spurt from Edgewood shortly after put the Eagles in the driver’s seat leading 57-42 with 6:07 to play.
  • The Eagles would manage a double-digit advantage for the remainder of the game.

 

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  • The shooting woes continued for Marian as the Sabres only shot 22-of-61 (.361) from the field and 4-of-19 (.211) on three-pointers.
  • Edgewood shot 54.2 percent from the field in the second half and went 5-of-9 (.556) from three-point range, 8-of-20 (.400) for the game.
  • The Sabre defense continued to create turnovers winning the turnover battle by a 19-14 margin, but Marian would only create 20 points off of those turnovers.
  • Marian managed a slim 32-28 advantage in the paint.

 

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Freshman Sam Gingras led Marian with 10 points and also had three rebounds.
Junior JeanLuc Wilson added seven points with just as many rebounds.
Senior Eli Vogel had nine points off the bench to go with four rebounds and an assist.