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November 21, 2005
  

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Dominican 68, Aurora 64

AURORA, Ill. — The No. 22 ranked Spartans of Aurora University suffered their first loss of the season, dropping a heartbreaker 68-64 to the upset minded Dominican University Stars.

Star forward Derek Pedersen provided the big blow with 35 seconds to play in the game, knocking down a three-point play to take a 66-64 lead on a drive and foul by AU's Larry Welton. Pedersen would knock down two free-throws with seven seconds left to seal the upset for the Stars.

After a sloppy first half in which the two teams shot a combined 33% from the field (21-63) with AU shooting just 27.8%in the first half. The two teams battled throughout the second half with Aurora taking a six-point lead with three minutes remaining in the contest, 63-57, only to see the Stars go on a 11-1 run to close out the contest.

Dominican shot 46.2% from the field for the game with Aurora shooting 32.3%. Aurora outrebounded Dominican 44 to 33.

The loss drops the Spartans to 2-1 on the season, while Dominican improves to 3-0 overall.
Newspaper Box Score

Dominican University vs Aurora University
11/21/05 7:30 p.m. at Aurora University Thornton Gymnasium
At Aurora University Thornton Gymnasium

DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY 68, AURORA UNIVERSITY 64

DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY (3-0)
Haiduc, Mike 6-12 2-2 14; Pedersen, Derek 4-6 3-3 13; McMillan, Erin 3-8 4-4
11; Jones, Binyamin 3-6 0-0 9; Clay, Ivano 3-7 0-0 9; Seaton, James 2-4 0-1
5; Cobb, Marlon 2-5 0-0 4; Tonsil, Tony 1-3 0-0 3; Goldthwaite, Kenny 0-1
0-0 0. Totals 24-52 9-10 68.

AURORA UNIVERSITY (2-1)
WELTON, Larry 4-18 8-10 17; CARTWRIGHT, Jeremy 6-14 2-5 14; CARSON, Tony 4-9
2-3 13; MAGEE, Dusty 4-7 0-0 11; CARSON, Courtney 2-8 1-2 6; ENGELHARDT,
Luke 1-5 0-0 3; MENDEZ, Vic 0-1 0-0 0; TRUDO, Chad 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 21-65
13-22 64.

Dominican University..........   27   41  -   68
Aurora University.............   27   37  -   64

3-point goals-Dominican University 11-21 (Clay, Ivano 3-6; Jones, Binyamin
3-4; Pedersen, Derek 2-4; McMillan, Erin 1-3; Tonsil, Tony 1-2; Seaton,
James 1-2), Aurora University 9-16 (CARSON, Tony 3-5; MAGEE, Dusty 3-3;
WELTON, Larry 1-2; ENGELHARDT, Luke 1-2; CARSON, Courtney 1-3; TRUDO, Chad
0-1). Fouled out--Dominican University-None, Aurora University-None.
Rebounds-Dominican University 33 (McMillan, Erin 8), Aurora University 44
(CARTWRIGHT, Jeremy 11). Assists-Dominican University 19 (Jones, Binyamin
4), Aurora University 13 (CARSON, Courtney 3). Total fouls-Dominican
University 18, Aurora University 13. A-1000



News release submitted by Aurora on Nov 21, 2005 at 10:50 PM
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