Lithonia, Mich. —- The Marian University men's basketball opened up a two-game weekend in Lithonia, Mich. with an 86-82 defeat against Lawrence Tech on Friday evening. Sophomore Kody Clancy scored a season-high 33 points in the contest.
TEAM STATISTICS
- Lawrence Tech shot 30-for-66 (46 percent); Marian was 26-of-62 (42 percent) from the floor
- The Blue Devils were 8-for-26 (31 percent) from three-point range to the Knights' 5-of-24 (21 percent) from deep
- MU was 25-for-30 (83 percent) at the free throw line, while LTU went 18-for-25 (72 percent) at the charity stripe
- Lawrence Tech held a slight 36-32 advantage in rebounding; the Blue Devils turned 10 offensive rebounds into 15 second-chance points
- LTU had 14 assists to 14 turnovers, while Marian had 11 assists to 13 turnovers; Lawrence Tech led 14-8 in points off turnovers
- The Knights had five of seven blocks in the contest
- LTU held a 42-34 edge in points in the paint and 33-13 lead in bench points
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Clancy scored 33 points on 9-for-18 shooting, 13-for-16 shooting from the foul line with four assists
- Peyton Byrd added 14 points on 6-for-10 shooting with eight rebounds and four blocks
- Josiah Gustin was a point shy of a double-double with nine points and 10 boards
- Aidan Franks scored eight with four assists and two steals
- Joshua Renfro chipped in nine points off the bench
HOW IT HAPPENEND
FIRST HALF
- Lawrence Tech scored the game's first 12 points
- Marian scored the next eight points, including six straight from Clancy to cut the deficit to four
- The Blue Devils led 20-13 at the 11:25 mark
- The teams traded points until an 8-0 LTU run pushed their lead to 15, the largest of the game to that point
- Clancy and Byrd combined for the game's next seven points to get back within single digits
- Lawrence Tech led 47-38 at the break
SECOND HALF
- The Knights went on an 11-0 run early in the second half with four straight layups to cut the deficit all the way down to a single point
- Byrd's triple tied the game at 52 at the 16:23 mark
- Brayden Goff canned a triple to give Marian its first lead of the game, 57-56
- LTU regained the lead and extended it to five points with around six minutes to go
- Byrd's fastbreak layup flipped the lead back to Marian with 3:20 left
- Relja Nagulic hit a three-pointer for Lawrence Tech to regain the lead and a Lake McIntosh layup pushed the Blue Devil advantage to four
- Clancy had a look from three-point range to take the lead, but missed and LTU made enough free throws down the stretch to come away with the win
UP NEXT
- The Knights have a quick turnaround, taking on host and 22nd-ranked Madonna at 3 p.m. on Saturday
