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The women defeated #22 Benedictine but the men fell in overtime on Saturday. In the women's game,
Daria Sprew's 14 points led MNU to a 69-56 victory to tie CMU atop the HAAC. The teams played evenly until 15-2 run gave MNU a 14-point lead with 8 minutes left in the first half. The Ravens answered with a 9-0 run to get back in the game, but MNU took a 12-point lead into halftime. The lead got as high as 16 in the second half, but the Ravens again fought back to get their deficit to 6 before the Pioneers hit enough free throws down the stretch to hang on.
Sprew scored a game-high 14 points and pulled down 5 rebounds.
Kendra Flemming had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks off the bench.
Kelsey Balcom had 10 points 7 rebounds, and 4 assists. And
Rachel Boan reached double figures with 10 points.
MNU is 14-2 (4-1 HAAC). The next game is Thursday at Baker (10-6, 3-1) at 5:30.
In the men's game, neither team led by more than 3 points in the first half, but the Pioneers took control with a quick spurt to start the second half to take a 6-point lead. The MNU lead was 8 with 7 minutes remaining until the Ravens went on a 10-2 run to tie the game. The teams traded buckets into the final minute when
Rustin Dowd's floater in the lane found the net to give the Pioneers a 54-52 lead. Benedictine drove the lane and made a layup in traffic with 5 seconds left to tie the game, and when Dowd's desperation floater from the baseline went begging, the teams went to overtime.
In the overtime, Benedictine scored the first 6 points and MNU was unable to recover. The Pioneers managed only a Dowd 3 and a
Luke Thomas 3-point play in the overtime, and the Ravens put up 13 points to win 67-60.
Dowd recorded a team-high 15 points, 4 assists, and 2 steals.
Jacob French had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Luke Thomas added a double double (12 points, 10 rebounds) off the bench.
Justin Collard had a game-high 6 assists. And
David Clark had 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 3 steals off the bench.
The Pioneers are 12-5 (4-1 HAAC). The next game is Thursday at Baker (9-6, 2-3) at 7:30.
