Marian Sweeps Dominican in Men’s/ Women’s Basketball

MEQUON, Wis. – Marian University men’s basketball (11-7, 9-2 NACC) took care of things at home defeating Dominican 91-66.

The two squads battled to a 21-21 tie with 9:28 left in the half before Marian took over.The Sabres would end the half with a 29-9 run and take a 50-30 lead into halftime.Marian continued to build on its lead to open the second half building the lead to as large as 28 at 70-42 with 12:50 left to play.Dominican trimmed its deficit to as small as 15 but the Sabres were able to pull away late again and cruised to a 91-66 win.

Marian shot 20-of-30 (.667) and 6-of-10 (.600) from three-point range in the opening half. The Sabres finished 35-of-68 (.515) and 12-of-29 (.414) on three-pointers.The Sabres were able to force 15 Dominican turnovers and outscored the Stars 17-8 in points off turnovers.The 91 points scored by Marian is the most in a single game this season.

FOND DU LAC – Marian University women’s basketball (6-13, 5-7 NACC) defeated Dominican 68-61.

• The two squads battled to a 6-6 tie before Marian scored six unanswered to go ahead 12-6.
• Dominican would score four straight to end the first quarter and opened the second quarter with five unanswered to take a 15-12 lead.
• The Stars brought their lead out to 16-15 before Marian took the lead for good with 19 unanswered points to go ahead 34-16 with 1:01 left in the half.
• The Sabres were able to bring their lead out to 36-22 at the half.
• Dominican chipped away at their deficit to open the third quarter but a late 8-2 run saw Marian take a 54-38 lead into the fourth quarter.
• Some hot shooting at the beginning of the final stanza saw the Stars cut their deficit down to as small as four points.
• Marian was able to hold off this rally and went on a 6-1 run to pull away.
• The strong finish to the fourth quarter saw the final settle at 68-61.

• Marian shot 25-of-65 (.385) from the field and 3-of-14 (.214) from beyond the arc.
• The Sabre defense had a strong performance holding the Stars to 21-of-72 (.292) shooting and 11-of-42 (.262) from beyond the arc.
• Marian was able to hold a 30-18 advantage for points in the paint.
• Sophomore Kiara Williams had her sixth double-double scoring 15 points with a program record 28 rebounds. She narrowly missed a triple-double adding seven assists.