The Benedictine University men's basketball team trailed only briefly in logging a road victory at Concordia Chicago on Wednesday night.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 79, Concordia Chicago 65

THE DETAILS
- Benedictine opened the game by scoring the first seven points
- Concordia Chicago came from behind to tie the score at 15 with 12:20 to go in the first and held a brief 18-17 lead with 11:32 left
- Benedictine responded with 12 in a row to open a double-digit lead
- Ryan Tucker hit a three to open the spurt and Aidan Werth made the score 29-18 with 5:56 remaining in the half
- Another 9-0 surge pushed the lead to 38-21 on two free throws from Makai Mandley and Benedictine took a 42-25 edge into the break
- Brandon McCoy opened the second half with a three-pointer to push the advantage to 20
- The lead reached 23 on a Ryan Sammons layup with 14:00 to play
- The hosts were able to chip the deficit down to 10 with just under seven minutes to go but could get no closer

STAT LEADERS
- Werth led all scorers with 20 points, finishing 10-of-14 from the field
- Noah Mason added 19 on 7-of-12 shooting with McCoy tacking on 13
- Benedictine finished the game shooting 50.8 percent, eclipsing 50 percent in both halves of action

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