CHICAGO – The Roosevelt University men's basketball team lost its second straight CCAC Conference game, falling to the University of St. Francis (Ill.) by the score of 78-60 at the Goodman Center on Wednesday, November 24.  The Lakers are now 2-2 in the CCAC Conference and 4-3 overall this season.

Both teams got off to a slow start offensively and the Lakers broke a 9-9 tie on a jump shot by Anthony Martinez to take an 11-9 lead with 12:32 left in the first half.  However, the Fighting Saints scored nine of the next 10 points for an 18-12 advantage with 9:56 remaining and built a 30-20 half-time lead.

St. Francis extended its lead early in the second half to 17 points at 45-28 with 14:05 left to play, but the Lakers went on a 13-2 run to pull to within 47-41 on a three-pointer from Eetu Villa with 8:44 on the clock.  Unfortunately, that would be as close as the Lakers would get with the Fighting Saints scoring the next five points and pulling away for the 78-60 victory.

GAME DETAILS

Score:   St. Francis            30           48           78
                Roosevelt            20           40           60

Records: Roosevelt 4-3, 2-2 (CCAC) // St. Francis 4-1, 3-1 (CCAC)

Location: Goodman Center | Chicago, Ill.

KEY STATS

• Matt Myers scored a team-high 11 points to go with three steals
• Justus Mouton added 10 points & three assists
• Josh Redic had nine points, four rebounds, & three steals
• Ayomide Ajiboye had a team-high seven rebounds while adding eight points
• RU shot 38.5% from the field & 21.1% from beyond the three-point line
• USF shot 39.3% overall & 25% from behind the arc
• The Lakers were outrebounded 45 to 34 by the Fighting Saints

NEWS & NOTES

• Josh Redic's string of consecutive double-digit point totals was snapped at 14 games, dating back to February 5 of last season
• The Lakers are now 6-12 versus the Fighting Saints in the all-time series
• Click here to view the current CCAC Conference standings

NEXT UP

The Lakers are off until next week when they travel to Notre Dame, Ind. on Wednesday, December 1 to take on Holy Cross College in a CCAC Conference contest.  Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30pm at the Pfeil Center on the campus of Holy Cross.