The Aurora University Spartan men's basketball team used a big second-half rally to surge past the Marian University Sabres in a key Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference road game on Saturday.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE:  Aurora University 72, Marian University 68
LOCATION: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
RECORDS: Aurora University 12-8 overall, 11-4 NACC; Marian University 8-11 overall, 7-7 NACC

HOW IT HAPPENED
- AU did not lead the game into late in the second-half.
- Midway through the first half, AU trailed 25-21.
- The Spartans trailed by one, 28-27 with 5:55 to go in the first.
- A 13-4 run for Marian found the Spartans down 10 heading to halftime.
- AU quickly found the deficit reach 15 and with 15:13 to play, the Spartans were down 50-35.
- A 21-4 run though over the next eight minutes shot the Spartans into a 56-54 lead.
- Marcus Myers (six), Ty Carlson and Garrett Hoffman (five each) fueled the run.
- The game would be tied 58-58 with 4:55 to play.
- A pair of Carlson free throws gave AU the lead and the Spartans would not give it back.
- A dunk from Marcus Myers in the final seconds gave AU their largest lead of seven (72-65).
- The Spartans would win 72-68.

FOR THE SPARTANS
- Marcus Myers had a double-double with 16 points, 11 rebounds and added four assists and four steals.
- Ty Carlson had 20 points and six rebounds.
- Max Vickers had 12 points.

SPARTAN STAT LEADERS
POINTS: Ty Carlson (20) and Marcus Myers (16)
REBOUNDS: Marcus Myers (11)
ASSISTS: Marcus Myers (4)
STEALS: Marcus Myers (4)
 
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