MILWAUKEE – The MSOE men's basketball team saw their season come to a close in the NACC semifinal Thursday night, falling to Marian University.

FINAL SCORE
MSOE RAIDERS – 74

Marian - 85

HOW IT HAPPENED

• It was neck and neck from the opening tip as the game didn't see a two-possession lead until Carson Cordelli made a put back layup to lead 18-14 for MSOE (19-8, 16-2 NACC). Marian (17-10, 11-7 NACC) immediately took back the lead two possessions later, but the Raiders found a spark just before the under-eight timeout, going on an 8-0 run with Mason Dopirak hitting back-to-back deep threes to lead 28-21. The Raiders went up double-digits with 3:51 to play in the first half and after the Sabres cut it down to four, a Dopirak three at the buzzer gave the Raiders a 44-36 lead at the break.
• The Raiders took their largest lead of the game with 17:10 to play to go up 12 after Chase Cummings laid one in. The Sabres began to catch fire, going on a 14-2 run to tie up the game at 50 with 13:33, taking the lead a minute later. The lead would then trade five separate times before with 6:16 remaining the Sabres would grab ahold of it and not let go, going up by double-digits with under a minute to play to seal it.

MSOE STAT TRACKER
Points – Mason Dopirak (31)
Rebounds – Mason Dopirak (8)
Assists – Chase Cummings (5)
Steals – Carson Cordelli & Mason Dopirak (2)
Blocks – Ethan Johnson & Isaac Wit (2)

SEASON RECAP
The Raiders end their season with an overall record of 19-8, going 16-2 in conference play. Heading into tonight, the Raiders rode a ten-game winning streak, including pivotal wins last week to grab a share of the regular season title and the No. 1 seed
in the conference, the first time they've done so since the 2018-19 season.

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