A late run in the second-half was key to lifting the Aurora University Spartan men's basketball team to a double-digit win over Concordia University Chicago on Wednesday night, 78-66.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 78, Concordia University Chicago 66
LOCATION: River Forest, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 13-8 overall, 12-4 NACC; Concordia University Chicago 2-18 overall, 1-14 NACC

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Just short of midway through the first-half, a pair of three's from Ty Carlson fueled a 6-0 AU run to give the Spartans a 15-7 lead.
- After CUC worked their way back into the game, the Spartans answered and built a 10 point lead with 8:02 to go, 24-14.
- AU went scoreless the final 3:32 of the first-half and a 7-0 CUC run led to a 33-31 Spartan halftime lead.
- The teams went back and forth in the second-half and with exactly 9 minutes to play, the game was tied, 54-54.
- Spartan Pat Kramp hit a three on the following AU possession and AU offense woke up.
- A 10-0 Spartan run capped by a Max Vickers three gave AU their largest lead thus far with 4:15 to play at 69-56.
- Just a few minutes later, AU got back-to-back-to-back layups from Vickers, Matt Dunn and Marcus Myers gave the Spartans the games largest lead of 18 at 78-60 with 1:38 to play.
- AU went on to win by a 78-66 score.

FOR THE SPARTANS
- Max Vickers had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
- Marcus Myers had a game-high 24 points with nine rebounds and four assists.
- Ty Carlson had 16 points and seven rebounds.
- Matt Dunn had 12 points, five rebounds and four assists.

SPARTAN STAT LEADERS
POINTS: Marcus Myers (24), Max Vickers and Ty Carlson (16)
REBOUNDS: Max Vickers (11) and Marcus Myers (9)
ASSISTS: Matt Dunn and Marcus Myers (4)
STEALS: Ty Carlson and Max Vickers (2)
 
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