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RIVER FOREST, Ill. - The Benedictine University Men's Basketball team was stopped on the road by Dominican University 63-54 on Wednesday.

Dominican opened an eight point advantage four minutes into the contest when Jovan Turley hit a jumper to put the hosts ahead 10-2. Benedictine came back and led by two at 19-17 when Jamison Montgomery (Milwaukee, Wis.) split a pair of free throws with 5:43 to play in the half. Despite shooting just .259 in the half, the Eagles were down just one at 23-22.

A back and forth four minutes to start the second half came to a close when Dominican's Marquis Turley drained a three-pointer to put the Stars up for good at 32-30 with 15:46 remaining. Dominican led by as many as 12 points the rest of the way, putting the game away with a 7-0 run that started after three free throws by Dan Klecan (Palos Hills, Ill.) pulled Benedictine within 53-48 with 1:21 to go.

Dominican hit 56 percent of its shots in the second half and shot .480 for the game. The Eagles improved in the second half but finished the game shooting at just .317.

Marquis Turley led all scorers with 23 for the Stars (8-13, 6-7 NAC), who posted the season sweep of Benedictine with the win. Milos Mandic posted a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Benedictine (12-10, 6-8 NAC) was led by a Cameron Snelling (South Holland, Ill.) double-double. Snelling posted his seventh double-double of the season with 11 points and 12 rebounds. A.J. Brown (Wentzville, Mo.) also cracked the double digit mark by scoring 10 points.

The Eagles will play their final regular season home game on Saturday afternoon by welcoming Wisconsin Lutheran to the Rice Center. Two seniors will be honored. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:15 p.m.