LISLE, IL - The 14th-ranked Benedictine University men's basketball team shot 57 percent in the second half to notch a fifth consecutive victory, besting visiting Edgewood College on Saturday afternoon.

FINAL SCORE
#14 Benedictine 77, Edgewood 59

THE DETAILS
• Benedictine led for over 35 minutes in the game
• Edgewood led for the final time at 8-6 with 16:09 left in the first
• Michael Blaszczyk opened a 7-0 run with a transition layup off a turnover
• Blaszczyk followed with a three-pointer at the 14:28 mark to put Benedictine ahead for good at 11-8
• The first half advantage reached seven points on three occasions
• Tahron Harvey scored the final five points of the half for Benedictine, twice extending the margin to eight including the 32-24 halftime nod
• Four consecutive points from the visitors to open the second half brought the score to 32-28
• Matt Chaltin splashed home a three-pointer with 16:01 remaining in the second to pushed the lead to double figures at 42-31
• A triple from Kenny Bogus made the score 50-36 at the 11:09 mark and Adam Reynolds made it a 15-point lead moments later with a jumper
• Blaszczyk completed a conventional three-point play with just over six minutes to play, stretching the lead to 20 at 62-42, the largest edge of the contest
• Benedictine has now won 29 consecutive conference regular season games
• The first points of the day from Harvey with 10:56 to play in the first half allowed the senior to become the 29th member of the 1,000-point club
• The contest featured four ties and two lead changes

STAT LEADERS
• Benedictine dominated on the glass, holding a 45-26 edge, limiting Edgewood to just two offensive rebounds
• Benedictine shot 57.1 percent in the second half and 45.9 percent for the contest
• Benedictine amassed 40 points in the paint and tallied 12 second -chance points while receiving 33 bench points
• Four players reached double figures led by 23 from Harvey
• Reynolds notched a double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds, adding four assists
• Blaszczyk was just off a double-double, contributing 17 points with nine rebounds
• Chaltin reached double digits for the third time this season with 10 points

UP NEXT
Benedictine (6-2, 4-0 NACC) visits rival Aurora on Wednesday night in a matchup of two of the NACC unbeatens