RIVER FOREST, Ill. – MSOE men's basketball put the finishing touches on their regular season road slate this afternoon when they took on Dominican in Illinois. While they trailed at halftime, the Raiders came back and held the lead for the majority of the second half in a seven point win over the Stars on Saturday.

FINAL SCORE
MSOE RAIDERS – 74
Dominican – 67

HOW IT HAPPENED

• MSOE (9-13, 5-10 NACC) found themselves in a battle with last place Dominican (2-20, 1-15 NACC) this afternoon, but it wasn't anything that the Raiders couldn't handle.
• The Red & White trailed by a single point at halftime largely based on the Stars four baskets from behind the three-point line. DU would grow that lead to five early in the second half before the Raiders mounted their comeback.
• Senior Michael Pitrof ignited the offense with 21 second frame points, and the Raiders shot 51.7 percent from the field as a group. Meanwhile, the MSOE defense slowed down Dominican's arial attack and forced them to miss 15 of their 19 attempts from three-point range.
• The Raiders grew their advantage to eight points late in the ballgame and outscored the Stars 42-18 in the paint during their seven-point victory.

RAIDER REMARKS

• Dominican hasn't been much of a threat to the Raiders as of late. The Red & White have won seven of their last ten games against the Stars, six of which were by double figures.

MSOE STAT TRACKER
Points – Michael Pitrof (32)
Rebounds – Michael Pitrof (8)
Assists – Michael Pitrof (3)
Steals – Three with two
Blocks – Three with one

WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders will finish off the 2021-22 regular season at home on Wednesday. There they will meet St. Norbert with a tipoff slated for 7:00 pm.

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