MADISON, WI - Already owning a conference championship, the 16th-ranked Benedictine University men's basketball team rolled up the largest margin of victory this season to claim a 20th victory, notching consecutive 20-win seasons for just the third time in school history.

FINAL SCORE
#16 Benedictine 107, Edgewood 67

THE DETAILS
• Edgewood led by four and kept the game close early, but a 12-0 run enabled Benedictine to lead by double figures with 11:45 remaining in the first
• Michael Blaszczyk opened the run with a three-pointer to put Benedictine ahead and a three from Brayden Olson finished the run, pushing the lead to 23-13
• The hosts pulled within nine at 27-18 with 9:08 to go in the half, but scored just six points to close the opening 20 minutes
• Blaszczyk tipped in a miss to ignite an 8-0 run that saw Benedictine open a 22-point lead at 41-19
• Zach Gorney connected on a jumper with 1:38 left to push the advantage to 23 points and a free throw from Blaszczyk extended the margin to 24 before Benedictine took a 47-24 lead into the half
• The advantage continued to build slowly in the second half
• Larry Roberts hit a three-pointer with 9:38 to go, making the score 82-52
• A free throw from Eric Grygo opened a 13-1 run that turned a 27-point advantage into a 39-point lead with just over six minutes to play on a three-point play from Adam Reynolds
• The lead reached 42 with 1:30 left and the final 1:10 finished without either team scoring
• The victory extended the longest win streak of the season to nine games

FROM THE COACH
"I thought we defended well in the first half but needed to execute better offensively," head coach Keith Bunkenburg said. "We were able to finish the game well on both ends. A good win on the road, we just need to continue to get better."

STAT LEADERS
• Tahron Harvey made 11 field goals and led all scorers with 28 points, adding 10 rebounds for a double-double and notching six assists
• Reynolds posted 20 points for his second 20-point performance of the week, adding 12 rebounds for his second double-double of the week as well
• Blaszczyk notched 17 points and 11 rebounds, moving to seventh all-time in scoring and crossing 600 career rebounds
• Blaszczyk also added seven assists as Benedictine dished 24
• Olson collected 13 points with five assists and Grygo tallied 10
• Benedictine finished a season high +30 on the glass with a 52-22 edge, scoring 23 second chance points
• Benedictine made 13 three-pointers, tallying a 48.1 percent clip and shot 56.8 percent from the field
• The team has made 10 or more three-pointers in seven consecutive games  while shooting better than 50 percent five times in the span

UP NEXT
Benedictine (20-4, 18-1 NACC) is off until Saturday in the regular season finale against Lakeland at home