The Aurora University men's basketball team led the entire game as they easily defeated the Eagles of Edgewood College 102-80 on Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE:  Aurora University 102; Edgewood College 80
LOCATION: Madison, Wisconsin- Todd Wehr Edgedome
RECORDS: Aurora University 13-6; 11-3 NACC; Edgewood College 4-15; 4-10 NACC
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Just over three minutes into the game, AU led 9-1 behind four points from Marcus Myers.
Eight straight points from Jordan LaGrone were followed by a Justin Galusha three to give AU an 18 point lead with 9:23 left in the first-half.
The 15-2 run by the Spartans pushed the advantage to 22 points (39-17).
On several occasions the Spartans expanded their lead to 25 points in the first half before heading to halftime up 22 at 54-32.
Edgewood opened the second-half on a 9-3 run to cut the Spartan lead to 16.
A 9-0 AU run behind three's from Myers, Ty Carlson and Max Vickers pushed the Spartans lead back to 25.
The Spartans held their largest lead at 29 points (76-47) when Pat Kramp drained a three with 11:50 to play.
AU held a comfortable lead for the remainder of the game and coasted to a 22 point victory at 102-80.
 
FOR THE SPARTANS
AU scored in triple digits for the second consecutive game.
Five Spartans scored in double figures.
Marcus Myers had a game-high 23 points with seven rebounds and seven assists.
Ty Carlson had a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds while adding five assists.
Jordan LaGrone had 16 points off the AU bench.
Max Vickers and Pat Kramp each scored 10 points.
 
SPARTAN STAT LEADERS
Points: Marcus Myers (23), Ty Carlson (19), Jordan LaGrone (16), Pat Kramp and Max Vickers (10)
Assists: Marcus Myers (7) and Ty Carlson (5)
Rebounds: Ty Carlson (10) and Marcus Myers (7)
Steals: Matt Dunn, Jordan LaGrone and Chris Mahoney (1)
 
UP NEXT
Next action for the Spartan men's basketball team comes on Tuesday, January 31 when they travel to Benedictine University. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. in Lisle, Illinois.