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Composite
100
Winner Benedictine Univ. BENUMBB 25-0, 19-0 NACC
76
Lakeland College LCMBB 13-12, 9-10 NACC
Winner
Benedictine Univ. BENUMBB
25-0, 19-0 NACC
100
Final
76
Lakeland College LCMBB
13-12, 9-10 NACC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Benedictine Univ. BENUMBB 49 51 100
Lakeland College LCMBB 28 48 76

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Tim Calderwood

#2 Men's Hoops Caps Perfect Regular Season

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - The second-ranked Benedictine University men's basketball team received 94 points from the starting five to cap the first perfect regular season in school history.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 100, Lakeland 76

THE DETAILS
• Benedictine gained control early, trailing only 2-0 after the first sequence of the game for each side
• Leading 12-7 five minutes into the contest, Benedictine broke the game open with a 19-1 run
• A layup from Tim Reamer opened the run while John Dodson finished the stretch with a jumper at the 8:08 mark, making the score 31-8
• Benedictine held a 49-28 lead at halftime
• Lakeland pulled within 57-40 early in the second half, but Benedictine was able to pull ahead by 24 at 73-49 just before the halfway point of the second
• Benedictine led by 27 points in the final four minutes to ensure the win
• Benedictine is the first team in conference history to complete a perfect regular season and just the second to run the table in conference play (Concordia Wisconsin 16-0, 2010-11)

FROM THE COACH
"I am very proud of our team and everything they have accomplished this regular season," head coach Keith Bunkenburg said. "We played with a lot of energy from start to finish and it was great to see our starters play well in extended minutes tonight. A 25-0 record is an amazing accomplishment, but our guys are still hungry for the next goal, and that starts on Friday."

STAT LEADERS
• With a few players out, the starting five scored 94 combined points in extended action
• Two players logged double-doubles with both scoring over 20 points
• Luke Johnson led all scorers with 25 points and added 17 rebounds along with five blocks
• Reamer, making his third start of the season, notched a career best 24 points to go with 11 rebounds
• Reamer finished 8-of-9 from the field
• Johnson owns 11 double-doubles on the year featuring points and rebounds and a 12th with rebounds and assists; Reamer owns four
• Michael Blaszczyk finished with 19 points while Tahron Harvey added 15 and Dodson contributed 11
• Benedictine held a 45-35 advantage on the glass and shot 58.2 percent for the game

UP NEXT
Benedictine (25-0, 20-0) awaits an opponent in the semifinals of the NACC Tournament at home on Friday night after the opening round of action on Wednesday
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