The Benedictine University men's basketball team will head into the conference tournament on a winning note after squeezing out a road win in the regular season finale at Wisconsin Lutheran.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 81, Wisconsin Lutheran 80

THE DETAILS
- The game was tight throughout and saw 10 lead changes
- Noah Mason started a 7-0 run to give Benedictine the largest lead of the first half at 21-14 with 8:55 left in the opening 20
- Wisconsin Lutheran came back, but Benedictine rode a 38-37 lead into the break
- The hosts scored the first seven points of the second half to grab the advantage
- The lead reached seven before Benedictine chipped away, taking the lead on a three from Ryan Sammons at the 13:09 mark
- Ben Peacock hit two free throws to extend the margin to double figures at 65-55 with 8:29 remaining
- Benedictine led by four with just over a minute to go but Wisconsin Lutheran scored five straight to take the lead with 14 seconds to go
- Following a timeout Ryan Tucker made a layup with four seconds left to put Benedictine over the top and a last second attempt at the win missed

STAT LEADERS
- Benedictine shot 55.1 percent in the second half and made six threes to finish the game at 48.3 percent
- Benedictine held a slim 33-32 lead on the glass and scored 36 points in the paint
- The bench tallied 36 points in the win
- Tucker notched a game best 21 points, finishing 8-of-9 from the field
- Mason added 17 with Brandon McCoy tallying 12 and Peacock 10

UP NEXT
Benedictine (10-15) will be the sixth seed in the conference tournament and play at Aurora on Tuesday night.
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