DUBUQUE, Iowa (Duhawks.com) - In what is quickly becoming one of the more intense rivalries in the Iowa Conference, the Loras men's basketball team used a 14-4 run in overtime on Wednesday to hand Nebraska Wesleyan its second loss in the last three games, 97-87. Junior Ryan DiCanio hauled in a game-high 15 rebounds and added 13 points. As a team, the Duhawks finished with 21 second chance points.

POST GAME COMMENTARY (Link)


SERIES NOTABLES
- Following Wednesday's win, Loras takes a 2-1 lead in the series … Wednesday was also the first win by the home team in the series 

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
- After spotting the Prairie Wolves a 10-point lead by the 14:41 mark of the first half, Loras found its footing and fought its way back to even with a 20-12 run
- From 10:36 until 3:29 of the first half, the Duhawks crafted a 20-6 run, going 7-of-13 from the floor while holding Nebraska Wesleyan to 2-of-10 … Six different scorers combined to flip the script as Loras went from being down by five to being up by six
- The Duhawks held their largest lead of the night with 16:20 to play in the second half after a jumper by DiCanio made it 54-40 Loras
- Sure enough, the Prairie Wolves refused to quit and fought their way back, thanks largely in part to a 26-10 run that gave Nebraska Wesleyan the lead with 8:28 to go
- That was the last time the Prairie Wolves led as the Duhawks responded with an 8-0 run
- Jack Hiller's 3-pointer with a minute to play sent the teams to overtime where Loras jumped on the guns from the get-go and won comfortably, 97-87

TEAM NOTABLES
- The Duhawks improved to 5-1 this season when out-rebounding their opponents by 10 or more
- For the fifth time in the last six games, Loras has finished with at least 20 assists
- The Duhawks surpassed 1,400 points for the season, thanks largely in part to their average of 93.5 per game

INDIVIDUAL NOTABLES
- DiCanio brought his career point total to 933 and set a career-best for rebounds in a game with 15 … His six assists pushed the Bartlett prep past the 200-mark for his career … DiCanio is the first Duhawk to break the 100-rebound mark this season
- Junior Josh Ruggles pushed his career scoring total to 559 and needs six 3-pointers to break into the top-10 for a single season mark
- Junior Jake Toman has matched his rebounding totals from a season ago in 11 fewer games this season
- Junior Will McClaughry's two blocked shots set a new career-high and tied the team-best mark for a single game this season

FRIEDMAN GROUP PLAYER OF THE GAME - Ryan DiCanio
- The Bartlett, Ill. native owned the glass on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball, finishing with 15 rebounds … It's the first time this season and fourth time in his career that DiCanio's rebounding total was larger than his point total

UP NEXT 
Loras travels to Storm Lake to take on the Beavers. Buena Vista is 12-2 (5-0 IIAC) after a 96-87 win against Dubuque on Wednesday. The Duhawks are slotted for a 4 p.m. tip from inside Siebens Fieldhouse.