CHICAGO - Marian University men's basketball (10-6, 8-1 NACC) rallied from a 12 point deficit in the second half to defeat Illinois Tech 90-89 in overtime.

   

• Neither team managed a lead larger than four points for most of the first half leading to a 32-32 score with 4:01 until the break.
• Illinois Tech was able to finish the half strong using a 12-2 run to take a 44-34 advantage at the half.
• The Scarlet Hawks were able to maintain a double-digit lead for the opening minutes leading by as much as 12 at 57-45 with 15:05 left to play.
• Marian then went on an 11-2 spurt to trim their deficit down to three with 12:06 to play.
• IIT was able to fend off the rally and was able to build its lead back out to 75-67 with 3:29 to play.
• The Sabres then put together another big run scoring 11 unanswered points to take a 78-75 advantage and 1:01 on the clock.
• IIT would manage to tie the game on its next possession to force overtime.
• The two squads went back-and-forth in the extra session with neither team leading by more than three points.
• Marian only trailed once in overtime at 89-88 with 1:03 left, but a step-back floater from senior David Britton with 43 seconds left was enough to seal the win.

   

• Marian finished the game 33-of-62 (.532) from the field and 9-of-15 (.600) from beyond the arc, while IIT was 32-of-55 (.582) from the field and 9-of-14 (.643) on three-pointers.
• The Sabres outscored IIT 44-28 in the paint and 14-4 in bench points.
• The Marian defense was able to force 19 Scarlet Hawk turnovers, which translated to 16 points, and had seven blocks.

   

Senior David Britton scored 32 points with six assists and shot 10-of-15 (.667) from the field and 5-of-7 (.714) from beyond the arc.  Britton also had a team-high six assists.	Senior Tyler Gouin narrowly missed a double-double scoring 23 points with a team-high nine rebounds.  He also had four assists.	Senior Josh Nicklaus added 10 points and anchored the Marian defense with three steals and two blocks.