The Aurora University men's basketball team got double-digit scoring from five Spartans which propelled AU to victory over the Rockford University Regents 87-71 on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 87, Rockford University 71
LOCATION: Aurora, Illinois - Lancaster Court
RECORDS: Aurora University 4-9 overall and 3-5 NACC; Rockford University 7-6 overall and 5-3 NACC
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Spartans trailed 2-0 and after going ahead 4-2, AU would not trail again in the game.
- AU built a seven point lead at 15-8 on a big breakaway slam from Will Hrubes.
- After Rockford managed to tie the game up at 19-19, back to back three's from Justin Wierzgac gave AU some breathing room again.
- AU had a half high eight point lead late in the first-half before taking a 48-41 lead to halftime.
- Spartan juniors Michael Finley (7 points) and Justin Wierzgac (led all scorers with 13 points) led AU in the opening half.
- In the second half, AU's lead remained between three and eight points over the first eight minutes.
- A 10-0 AU run over three minutes boosted the Spartan lead to 13 at 70-57 with 9:06 left in the game.
- Late in the half, AU freshman Shamar Pumphrey rattled off seven straight points and a 9-0 run was capped on a Bailey Vance lay-up.
- With just over a minute to go, AU led by a game-high 16 points.
- AU would go on to win by 16, 87-71.

SPARTAN STAT LEADERS
Points: Shamar Pumphrey (20), Bailey Vance (15), Michael Finley (14), Justin Wierzgac (13) and Will Hrubes (12)
Assists: Shamar Pumphrey (7)
Rebounds: Bailey Vance (10) and Will Hrubes (8)

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