BOURBONNAIS, Ill. – The Roosevelt University men's basketball team fell to Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) leading Olivet Nazarene University by the score of 97-89 on Saturday, Feb. 13 at the McHie Arena in Bourbonnais, Ill. The Lakers battled with the Tigers throughout the contest, holding the lead for the majority of the first half and building a 10-point lead early in the second half, but were unable to hold off the Tigers from coming back to earn the conference victory.

GAME DETAILS

Score: Roosevelt 44 45 89
Olivet Nazarene 43 54 97

Records: Roosevelt 2-3, 2-3 (CCAC) // Olivet Nazarene 10-3, 9-1 (CCAC)

Location: McHie Arena | Bourbonnais, Ill.

THE NUMBERS

• Kelvin Cortez-Harvey (JR/South Elgin, Ill.) scored a career-high 24 points & had 6 rebounds
• Jarod Stonis (JR/Wauconda, Ill.) also had a career-high in points with 18 to go with 3 steals
• Ayomide Ajiboye (JR/Chicago, Ill.) added 15 points, also a career-high as a Laker
• Josh Redic (SO/Chicago, Ill.) registered 11 points & 5 rebounds
• Matt Myers (JR/Addison, Ill.) pulled down 6 rebounds & had a game-high 4 steals
• ONU's Alex Gross had a game-high 35 points, 15 rebounds, 8 blocks, & 7 assists
• The Lakers shot 45.7% from the field & 43.5% from beyond the arc
• The Tigers shot 55.7% from the field & 42.9% from three-point range
• ONU outrebounded RU 42 to 32

NEWS & NOTES

• The Lakers had four players score in double figures after having five do so in their previous game
• Kelvin Cortez-Harvey leads the Lakers in scoring at 13.2 points per game with Josh Redic next at 12 points per game
• The Lakers fell to 5-12 versus the Tigers in the all-time series
• Click here to view the current CCAC Conference standings

COACH'S QUOTE

"We felt like we outplayed them for the first 25 minutes, but they wore us down in the last 15," stated Lakers Head Coach Joe Griffin. "Alex Gross is a game changer and unfortunately, we had no answer for him today. Kelvin, Jarod, and Ayo really broke out for us today, and there are numerous positives to take away from this one to get ready for a fun week coming up."

NEXT UP

The Lakers continue CCAC Conference competition on Monday, Feb. 15 when they travel to Elgin, Ill. to take on Judson University. Tip-off is set for 7pm and fans can watch the game live here or listen live to Lakers play-by-play announcer Tom Wuestenfeld here.