Marian University men’s basketball (0-11, 0-5 NACC) struggled offensively falling to Lawrence 67-54 in non-conference action.
 

• Lawrence was able to start fast on its home court scoring the first 12 points of the game.
• The Sabres were able to bounce back, however, taking a 21-20 lead with 7:44 left in the opening half.
• The two squads were tied at 23-23 before Lawrence finished the half with the final three points to take the lead for good.
• The second half opened evenly with Lawrence maintaining a 37-34 advantage with 11:01 to play.
• Lawrence was then able to pull away going on an 18-7 spurt to lead 55-41 with 4:30 remaining.

• The Sabres only went 17-of-59 (.288) in the defeat shooting 8-of-31 (.258) on three-pointers.
• Lawrence shot 16-of-33 (.485) and was 31-of-39 (.795) from the charity stripe.  The Vikings wer 8-of-14 (.571) from the field in the second half and 24-of-29 (.828) on free throws.
• The Marian defense forced 21 turnovers but tied the Vikings in points of turnovers 13-13.
• Lawrence held a 22-16 advantage in points in the paint.
• Marian falls to the Vikings for the first time since the 2012-13 season and is now 6-5 all-time.

	Senior Tavaris McCullough led Marian with 11 points.
	Junior JeanLuc Wilson filled the stats scorign eight points with seven rebounds and six steals.
	Freshman Gavin Jahns added eight points.