Benedictine University: Mens and Womens Basketball Take On Lakeland

from Benedictine University Athletics

Both Benedictine University's men's and women's basketball teams conquered Lakeland on Saturday.

Cameron Snelling snagged his 12th career double-double and head coach Keith Bunkenburg tallied his 250th career victory as the Eagles defeated Lakeland College 87-82 on Saturday night in the Dan and Ada Rice Center.

The Eagles (14-6, 9-3) took an early first half lead, going up by as many as 12 with a layup from Jerrell Tribble. Lakeland (12-9, 7-6) chopped at their deficit and cut it down to two, but Dario Jokic would answer right back with a three from the corner to go back up by five.

With one minute left in the half, LC’s Justin Ward cut the Eagle lead to one, 29-28, but Terry Licht would hit a jumper with less than 30 seconds left to head into the locker room at half time up 31-28.

Benedictine came out on fire in the second half, extending their lead to 14 with 11 minutes remaining. Lakeland once again charged back and cut the Eagle lead in half with a jumper from Josh Regal.

The Muskies forced a BenU turnover with just over four minutes remaining and threatened to take the lead but Nate Green answered with a three-pointer. Benedictine would make five of their next six shots to secure the 87-82 victory.

Green led all players with 23 points and seven assists and was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free-throw line while Snelling scored 21 points and 11 rebounds. Terry Licht scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds while Tribble scored 12 points and had a team high four steals.

As a team, the Eagles out-rebounded the Muskies 42-31 and shot 49.2 percent from the field (32-for-65).

Lakeland was led by Komorowski who scored 21 points.

Benedictine men’s basketball is back in action Wednesday night when they host Dominican University at 7:00 p.m. in the Rice Center. Wear pink to show your support for Breast Cancer Awareness. The Benedictine University football team will be honored at half time for their NAC Championship.

Four Benedictine women scored in double figures and Lidia Arias had a season high 12 rebounds as the Benedictine University women’s basketball team defeated Lakeland College 76-54 on Saturday afternoon at the Dan and Ada Rice Center.

The Eagles (12-7, 8-5) jumped out to an early lead, going up by 12 points after layups from Jillian Lipman and Jenn Bren.

Michelle Gaede had a stand-out night, scoring a season high 12 points as she gave BenU their largest lead of the night, 32-11, with a jumper. Gaede was four-for-five from the floor and a perfect four-for-four from the free-throw line. The Eagles would take a 32-17 halftime lead.

The second half wasn’t much different as the Eagles continued to offensively dominate. In the final minutes, Tracey Walsh and Brittany Armato hit jumpers to secure the Eagles 76-54 victory.

Walsh led BenU with 14 points and also had eight rebounds while Bren scored 13 points of her own and tallied six rebounds. Colleen Forkin had 12 points and six assists while Arias had 12 rebounds and seven points.

As a team, Benedictine shot 50.0 percent from the floor (28-for-56) and out-rebounded Lakeland 48-27.

The Muskies forced 21 Eagle turnovers on 13 steals and were led by Becky Mayo who scored a game high 15 points.

The women’s basketball team is back in action Tuesday, February 9 when they travel to Concordia University-Chicago for a 7:00 p.m. tip-off.