The Benedictine University men's basketball team reversed an early season defeat by holding off a frantic comeback attempt from visiting Dominican on Wednesday night.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 78, Dominican 70

THE DETAILS
- Benedictine did not trail in the game, storming out of the gates by scoring the first 10 points of the game
- Connor Glasgow scored the first six points of the game and Noah Mason finished off the early run at the 15:48 mark of the first
- After the first basket from Dominican, Benedictine responded with an 8-0 run to lead by 16 at 18-2 on a three from Nathan LaPlant
- Benedictine led by 19 at the half, 46-27
- The advantage grew to 23 points (54-31) early in the second half before the visitors slowly chipped away
- Eight consecutive points drew Dominican within 61-53 halfway through the second
- Benedictine was able to push the lead back out to 12 at 67-55 before Dominican countered with seven straight to draw within five at 67-62 with just over five minutes to play
- Dominican battled within 74-70 in the final minute but was unable to complete the comeback

STAT LEADERS
- Benedictine shot 56 percent in the first half and finished at 50 percent for the contest, making nine three-pointers
- Benedictine logged 36 points in the paint and saw the bench contribute 33
- Five players reached double digits led by a game best 21 from LaPlant, who finished 7-10 from the field with three triples
- Ryan Sammons kicked in 12 with Brandon McCoy and Glasgow each logging 11
- Glasgow grabbed 10 rebounds to tally a double-double
- Makai Mandley posted 10 points off the bench 

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