FOND DU LAC - Marian University men's basketball (5-4, 4-1 NACC) never trailed defeating CUW 84-78 to close out the first half with a winning record.

• Marian was able to get out to a fast start jumping out to a 10-2 lead.  The Sabres maintained a comfortable lead and led by as many as nine points, but CUW was able to keep Marian from pulling away.
• After the Sabres took a 25-16 lead, CUW was able to use a 15-7 run to cut their deficit by one at 32-31.  
• Marian was able to respond building the lead back out to as large as seven but the Falcons were able to only trail 49-46 at the half.
• CUW was able to get out to the fast start in the second half and trailed just 55-54 with 16:29 to play.
• The Sabres immediately scored seven unanswered point to build the lead back out to eight.
• Similarly to the first half, CUW was able to stay in the game and tied the game at 65-65 with 11:28 to play.
• Marian once again had a strong response scoring seven unanswered and led for the remainder of the game.
• Concordia Wisconsin would trail by one with 1:16 left to play, but a three-pointer from senior Tyler Gouin helped spark a 6-1 run to close out the game.

• Marian had a tough game from beyond the arc but finished 30-of-53 (.566) for the game and 17-of-22 (.773) from the charity stripe.
• The Sabre defense was able to hold the Falcons to just 1-of-10 (.100) shooting from beyond the arc in the second half.