The Falcons are Champions

RIVER FOREST, Ill. – The CUW men's basketball team sealed the deal on Wednesday night with a 90-74 victory at Dominican to clinch a share of the NACC regular-season title with Concordia Chicago and St. Norbert at 11-6.

The Stars came out shining on Wednesday with an early 10-5 lead against the Falcons.

In the first half, senior Brandon Keller (Plymouth, Wis.) recorded his 600^th career rebound.

The Falcons responded with a 12-0 run to take the lead and they never looked back.

The Blue and White built a double-digit lead with a layup from senior Jordan Johnson (Cedarburg, Wis.) at the 5:15 mark of the first half.

The birds cruised into halftime with a 47-34 lead.

The Stars did not surrender and trimmed the Concordia lead to eight points with 15:40 remaining.

A 9-1 run for Concordia sank the Stars and the Falcons flew out of Illinois with the victory.

The largest lead of the night was 21 points off a free throw from sophomore Freeman Jackson (Green Bay, Wis.).

Senior Joey Zietlow (Oak Creek, Wis.) shined bright against the Stars with a career-high 27 points.

Brandon Keller finished a rebound short of another double-double performance with a game-high nine rebounds and 16 points. Jordan Johnson added 15 points and junior Jared Jurss (Sheboygan, Wis.) finished with 11 points.

Senior Garrett Hoffmann (Belgium, Wis.) landed 10 points from the bench.

The Falcons dominated Dominican on the glass with a 52-32 rebounding advantage.

CUW also secured 20 assists with Jared Jurss leading the way with a game-high six assists.

This is the fifth NACC title for the Falcons and the 11^th conference title on record.

The Falcons will host the winner of the Benedictine and Lakeland game on Tuesday.