Feb. 11, 2009

River Forest, IL - The Dominican University men's basketball team travels to Lisle, Ill., to take on the Benedictine University Eagles, tied for first in the South Division of the Northern Athletics Conference (NAC), on Wednesday night and the video of tonight's action will be streamed live from Benedictine's Rice Center on the dustars.com website.

Last time these two teams met was back on January 20 in River Forest with the Stars outlasting the Eagles 77-75 in overtime. In that contest, senior Kyle Tipton (Milwaukee, WI) single-handedly erased a four-point deficit for the Stars with back-to-back three's in the final minute of overtime. Tipton finished the night with a season-high 26 points to lead Dominican while fellow senior Dan Borys (Crown Point, IN) chipped in 16 points and freshman Darrius Nelson (Michigan City, IN) added 15 points in the winning effort.

Since that meeting the Stars are just 2-4 while Benedictine has won five straight. The Stars are led by Borys and Tipton at 16.7 and 13.8 points per game respectively while the Eagles' offense is paced by senior guard Jared Bailey at 16.8 points per contest.

The Stars will be looking for their first win at Benedictine since joining the NCAA Division III ranks for the 2000-2001 season. The Stars are 0-8 at the Rice Center against the Eagles and 3-5 at home. Tipoff for tonight's contest is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. with the live video beginning approximately five minutes prior to tipoff.