RIVER FOREST, Ill. - Marian University men's basketball (3-4, 3-1 NACC) fell to Concordia Chicago 95-87 in its first conference loss of the season.

• The opening half was a seesaw battle with neither team managing a lead larger than four points when the Cougars led 38-34 with 6:04 left in the half.
• A 13-6 run from that point on saw the Sabres take a 47-44 lead with 59 ticks in the first half remaining.  CUC would make a layup in the next possession to cut the Sabre lead to 47-46 at the half.
• The second half started similarly leading to a 69-69 tie with 10:26 left to play.
• Concordia Chicago then went on its first big run of the game using a 15-5 spurt to take an 84-74 lead with 4:53 left in the game.
• Marian was only able to cut that deficit down to as little as five as CUC was able to hold on for the victory.

• The Sabres finished the game shooting 33-of-61 (.541) from the field and 15-of-27 (.556) from beyond the arc.  Concordia Chicago was 36-of-69 (.522) from the field and 14-of-32 (.438) from three-point land.
• The Cougars held a 42-28 advantage in points in the paint and a 24-16 advantage in second-chance points.
• Concordia Chicago forced 12 Marian turnovers which led to 11 CUC points.