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51
Aurora AUR 4-12,3-7 NACC
79
Winner IIT IIT 7-10,6-5 NACC
Aurora AUR
4-12,3-7 NACC
51
Final
79
IIT IIT
7-10,6-5 NACC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Aurora AUR 26 25 51
IIT IIT 38 41 79
Aurora Men’s Basketball at NCC
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Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Spartans fall on road

The Aurora University men's basketball team traveled to Illinois Institute of Technology in a game originally scheduled for early January. AU fell at IIT 79-51.
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The Basics
FINAL SCORE: Illinois Institute of Technology 79, Aurora University 51
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 4-12 overall and 3-7 in the NACC; Illinois Institute of Technology 7-10 overall and 6-5 in the NACC

How it happened
- A JT Daniels put back tied the game at 2-2 early on.
- The Spartans trailed by single digits for the first-half before heading to half down 38-26.
- Trailing by 18 early in the second half, AU's Justin Wilson scored six straight points to cut the deficit to 13 at 49-36.
- A 14-2 IIT run though put the game out of reach.
- The Spartans would lose 79-51.

Spartan Leaders
Points: Justin Wilson (13), JT Daniels (11) and Shamar Pumphrey (10)
Assists: Shamar Pumphrey (4)
Rebounds: JT Daniels (7)
Steals: Ha'ashim Keys (2)

Up Next
Next action for the Spartan men's basketball team comes on Wednesday, February 2 when they travel to Concordia University Chicago. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. in River Forest, Illinois
 
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