The Millikin men's basketball pulled off a major road upset knocking off #15 Elmhurst University 74-64 in Elmhurst on February 16.

Millikin struggled in the first half trailing by as many as 22 points with 8:11 left in the first half. Elmhurst took a 38-28 lead into the halftime locker room. Elmhurst hit 57 percent (17-30) in the first half while Millikin made only 10-31 (32 percent). The Big Blue stormed back in the second half outscoring the Bluejays by 20 points. Millikin got hot in the second half making 50 percent (13-26) from the field while the Bluejays went ice cold making only 8-33 (24 percent).

Millikin opened the second half with a 16-5 run and took the lead 44-43 with on a Calvin Fisher basket five minutes into the second half. The game would be a tight contest the rest of the way with five lead changes and six ties all coming in the final 15 minutes of the game. The final tie of the game was 61-61 with 2:44 remaining. Fisher hit a three-pointer to give Millikin the lead at 64-61 with 2:17 left to play. Cole Laurence pushed the Millikin lead to five with 1:39 left in the game. The Bluejays would get no closer than 68-64 in the game's final minute. The Big Blue would hit six straight free throws in the final 40 second to seal the victory. Demarcus Bond went 4-4 from the line in the final minute and Noah Livingston connected on both of his opportunities with 26 seconds left to play.

Millikin shot 40 percent (23-57) from the field for the game making 11-28 (46 percent) from three-point range. Millikin was 17-19 (89.5 percent) from the free throw line. Elmhurst ended the game making 25-63 (40 percent) from the field and made 9-29 (31 percent) from beyond the arc. The Bluejays were 5-11 from the free throw line.

Fisher lead Millikin with 18 points and nine rebounds. Laurence and Jake Hampton each had 11 points. Bond finished with 10 points, five rebounds and three assists. JT Welch scored nine points going 3-4 from three-point range.

Jake Rhode led Elmhurst with 19 points followed by Ocean Johnson with 10.

Millikin is now 14-10 overall and 9-6 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW). Elmhurst falls to 18-6, 10-5. On Saturday, Millikin clinched the programs first ever berth in the CCIW Tournament. The Big Blue are in fifth place in the standings and have pulled to within one game of fourth place North Central who lost at Illinois Wesleyan on Wednesday.

Millikin closes out the regular season on Saturday at #11 Wheaton College.