LISLE, Ill. – Before the men's basketball game on Wednesday night against the Dominican Stars the crowd honored senior Cameron Snelling for becoming the 25^th player at Benedictine to score over 1,000 points in his career. Snelling had a stellar performance that helped to lead the Eagles to an 81-71 victory.

 

Snelling scored a season-high 29 points on 11-18 shooting. He also pulled down 11 rebounds which allowed him to tally his 13^th double-double of the year. He added six assists and three steals as well.

 

 

The Eagles (15-6, 10-3) started off rocky, going down early by 10 in the first four minutes. However, with 9:36 remaining in the half, Snelling pulled off a powerful dunk that had the crowd on their feet and his team in the lead, 24-22. BenU would not lose the lead after this. They lead by as much 15, though Dominican (7-15, 4-10) frantically fought back late in the second half. 

 

 

With the lead cut to three with 5:40 remaining in the game, Snelling stole the ball, drove hard, hit the lay-up and was fouled. He finished the three-point play, and the Eagles never looked back from there.

 

 

Senior Jerrell Tribble played an outstanding game as well, posting 16 points on 8-13 shooting. Nate Green also contributed 20 points, five assists, and a team-high four steals. He tallied only a single turnover, which is considerably impressive for a point guard. Senior Terry Licht added 12 points of his own on 5-8 shooting. He was also one rebound shy of a double-double, with nine boards. He also dished out three assists.

 

 

Dominican's Jovan Turley led the way for the Stars with 24 points (8-14) and nine rebounds. Logan Harris posted a double-double pulling down twelve boards and putting up 14 points on 7-10 shooting.

 

The Eagles shot a formidable 48.5 percent from the field in comparison to the Stars' 30 percent. The Stars won the rebounding battle 40-32, but BenU crushed their opponents in forced turnover department, causing 15 turnovers to only four of their own. The Eagles collected nine steals as a team.