Goshen, Ind. - The Marian men's basketball team erased the zero in their conference win column on Saturday, as the Knights landed a 93-70 Crossroads League win over Goshen College. Marian's team victory improves their overall record to 6-4, while moving to 1-3 in the Crossroads League.

Marian and Goshen went back and forth on the scoreboard Saturday, seemingly going shot for shot as the lead changed hands multiple times in the first five minutes of the game. Noah Lovan and Dylan Moles helped build a 16-15 lead at the first media timeout of the game with a pair of shots from downtown, while Gavin Foe and the pair of guards helped push the lead to six points over the next three minutes of play. Aidan Franks provided instant offense off the bench as he helped push Marian's lead into double figures, scoring five quick points after entering the game. 

Franks second score of the game gave the Knights a 30-19 lead with 9:35 to play in the first half, and established a double figure lead for all but 16 seconds over the remainder of the period. Marian's offense continued to click as Moles and Lovan continued to score, while Ehladj Diallo aided in the attack with four first half points. Franks scored the final points of the half to seal a 52-39 lead, as Noah Lovan found the redshirt-freshman for the last score in the period.

The Knights continued to attack in the second half, as Gavin Foe and Hayden Nahra helped increase the lead to 17 points in the first three minutes. Goshen would rally back into the game with a 4-0 run to bring the score back to the halftime mark of 13 points, but Marian made life difficult on the Maple Leafs to continue their scoring. The three-guard backcourt of Lovan, Franks, and Moles continued to make life difficult for the home team as they calmly knocked down shot after shot, building the Knights' lead to 20 points.

With 9:25 to play Marian led by 24 points as Noah Lovan made the score 75-51 off a steal and layup, putting the stamp on Marian's win. Goshen would only be able to muster enough consecutive scores to get within 18 points over the remaining nine minutes of play, as Marian played stout defense to anchor their victory. A three point shot from Reis Butcher with 3:20 to play gave Marian a 26-point advantage, securing their largest lead of the game, setting the cruise control in the 93-70 win.

Marian shot a highly-efficient 63.8 percent from the field on Saturday, while making seven of 14 shots from downtown. Marian also assisted on 19 of their 37 makes in the victory. Noah Lovan paced the team with 29 points, missing his season-high by one point. Aidan Franks scored 24 points off the bench, going 9-11 from the field in the win. Moles finished with 17 points in the win, and Diallo led the team in rebounding with eight. 

The Knights will be off until next Saturday, when they return to non-conference action in a road trip to Roosevelt University.

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