The Aurora University men's basketball team remained unbeaten as they came from behind to knock off the North Central College Cardinals Saturday in Thornton Gymnasium 95-92.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE:  Aurora University 95, North Central College 92
LOCATION: Aurora, Illinois – Thornton Gymnasium
RECORDS: Aurora University 3-0 overall, 1-0 NACC; North Central College 1-2 overall
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The two teams traded baskets over the first 5:15 of the game before AU rattled off a 9-0 run to take an 18-8 lead with 13:04 left to play.
Following a NCC timeout, the Cardinals finished the half on a 43 to 17 run which included a 25-7 run and led 51-35.
North Central shot 56.7 percent for the half while AU shot 46.9 percent.
The Cardinal out rebounded AU 18 to 13 in the half as well.
After NCC pushed the lead to 18 at 55-37, AU started their comeback. A 9-4 run cut the deficit to 11 at 59-48 with 15:36 to play.
An 11-0 Spartan run over the next 3:32 cut the Cardinal lead to two at 61-59. The run was fueled by eight points from Phil Schuetz.
North Central answered and rebuilt a seven point lead (67-60) with 10:39 to play.
AU was not done though as they continued to battle back and tied the game at 73-73 with 6:10 to play on a free-throw from Nick Kladis.
But a 7-2 Cardinal run gave the visitors a five point lead with five minutes still to play.
When AU senior Kalmon Stokes drained a three with 3:17 to play, AU led for the first time since the eight minute mark of the first-half.
The teams traded shots with the game either being tied or seeing NCC in the lead. This was the case until a Tyler Carlson put back with 30 seconds to play gave AU a 91-90 lead.
The Spartans knocked down free-throws down the stretch and held on for the three point win.
 
FOR THE SPARTANS
Kalmon Stokes had 28 points on 10-or-16 shooting from the field.
Tyler Hall had 25 points on 9-of-13 from the field.
Jovon Griffin had 11 points.
Phil Schuetz had 10 points.
 
FOR THE FOES
Alex Sorenson had 21 points.
Connor Raridon had a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Jagger Anderson had 15 points.
Kevin Honn had 14 points.
Aiden Chang had 12 points.

UP NEXT
Next action for the Spartan men's basketball team comes on Tuesday, December 1 when they host Concordia University Chicago. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. in Thornton Gymnasium.