Marian University men’s basketball (0-8, 0-4 NACC) led for most of the game but fell to Benedictine 64-61 in the final seconds.
 

• Benedictine had the early lead at 6-1 as both offenses struggled to find a rhythm early.
• The Marian offense was able to got on an extended 20-3 to run to lead 21-9 with 8:25 left in the first half.
• The Eagles were able to trim its deficit down to three points before Marian closed out the opening half with a 7-2 spurt.
• This gave the Sabres a 34-26 advantage going into halftime.
• Benedictine bounced back to open the second half opening the stanza with a 14-5 run to retake the lead at 40-39 with 15:23 to play.
•  The game remained a one-possession affair until seven unanswered points from the Sabres put MU ahead 59-52 with 3:51 on the clock.
• Benedictine quickly responded with nine unanswered of its own to take a 61-59 lead with 30 ticks.
• Senior Mason Khalu would make a layup to tie the game at 61-61 with only 11 seconds on the clock.
• Benedictine responded with a jumper with just three seconds left and forced a turnover on the ensuing inbound to seal a 64-61 win.

• Marian shot 22-of-54 (.407) in the defeat with 7-of-25 (.280) shooting coming from beyond the arc.
• The Marian defense held Benedictine to just 8-of-25 (.320) shooting in the first half, but the Eagles bounced back going 15-of-30 (.500) in the second half.
• The Sabres only allowed the Eagles to go 4-of-18 (.222) on three-pointers.
• Benedictine held a 36-22 edge for points in the paint scoring 26 of those points in the second half.
• Marian falls to 7-21 all-time against Marian and has lost five of the last six meetings.

	Junior Mahlik Hall scored a team-high 14 poitns to go wtih three assists.
	Senior Eli Vogel came off the bench to score 13 points and grab six rebounds.
	Senior Mason Khalu had seven points to go with six boards and two steals.