The Benedictine University men's basketball team broke a losing streak when Connor Glasgow sank two pressure packed free throws with .1 seconds remaining at Lakeland.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 77, Lakeland 76

THE DETAILS
- Benedictine scored five consecutive points early on to take the lead, jumping ahead on a three from Brandon McCoy
- The lead grew to eight behind a 7-0 run
- Benedictine led for most of the first half and used another 7-0 run to open a double-digit lead at 30-18 on three free throws from Nathan LaPlant midway through the half
- The advantage grew to 16 points and Benedictine led 48-35 at the break
- A layup from Ryan Sammons put Benedictine ahead by 17 at 54-37 early in the second half
- Benedictine led by 15 with 14:09 to go but Lakeland put together a 16-0 run to grab their first lead since early in the game at 61-60 with 9:33 left
- Five consecutive points put Benedictine back in front before another lengthy run by the hosts (9-0) saw Lakeland back in command
- The final six minutes of the game were back-and-forth
- Sammons tied the game with 1:14 left but Lakeland grabbed a one-point edge by splitting free throws with 10 seconds left
- Glasgow grabbed the rebound on the second free throw and missed a layup before grabbing another rebound and drawing a foul to set the stage for the pressure packed ending

STAT LEADERS
- Benedictine opened the game shooting 51 percent but shot just 35 percent in the second, scoring just 29 points
- The team finished the game at 44.4 percent and held a 45-30 advantage on the glass
- Benedictine racked up 24 second-chance points along with 38 in the paint
- Sammons led the way with 21 points, one of four with double-digits
- Glasgow posted a double-double with 17 points and 13 rebounds; Seven of the boards came on the offensive end
- McCoy notched 12 and Noah Mason added 11 with eight boards as the starters scored all but 12 of the points in the win

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