PLYMOUTH, WI - The Benedictine University men's basketball team played from behind virtually the entire contest and dropped a conference game for the first time this season at Lakeland University on Wednesday night.


Lakeland 81, Benedictine 71


• Lakeland surged to a 9-0 lead just over a minute and a half into the contest
• The lead extended to 21-10 with 13:41 left in the first half
• Benedictine slowly chipped away, pulling within four on two occasions after points from Eric Grygo at 27-23 and 31-27 and again at 33-29 on a jumper from Brayden Olson
• Kejuan Glosson connected on a three-pointer with 2:31 left in the half to draw Benedictine within 37-34
• Lakeland led 45-38 at the half and held a 53-44 lead five minutes into the second
• Grygo opened an 8-0 run with a pair of free throws and a tip from Jens Soderholm made the score 53-52 with 12:16 to go
• Soderholm evened the contest with a layup at the 10:32 marker and put Benedictine ahead for the first time a minute later with two free throws
• Trailing 63-61 with 8:06 left, Lakeland utilized a 16-4 run to take a 77-67 advantage with 2:30 remaining and went on to lead by 14
• The defeat marked only the second conference loss in the last two-plus seasons for Benedictine, both on the road


• Benedictine shot 53.3 percent in the first half but made only one three-pointer the entire contest, finishing 1-for-13 from three-point range
• Benedictine shot 45.2 percent for the contest and was outrebounded 48-40
• Soderholm tallied another double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds, his fifth of the season
• Grygo piled up 17 points with Olson adding 16 and five assists
• Kenny Bogus was the fourth player in double figured with 12


Benedictine (7-5, 6-1 NACC) hosts MSOE on Saturday afternoon.