PAINESVILLE, Ohio -  To conclude the three-game road trip, the Ohio Dominican Panthers (8-12, 4-8 G-MAC) men's basketball team opened the first leg of a back-to-back with the Lake Erie Storm (15-6, 8-5 G-MAC). 

Lake Erie got the win over Ohio Dominican 75-64 on Saturday (Feb. 1) at the Osborne Center. 

BOX SCORE NOTES

• Elijah Hinton earned his fourth double-double of the season with 18 poonts and ten rebounds. He was eight-of-15 overall with a pair of free throws and assists. 
• Terrance Broughton came off the bench with ten points and four assists, making four-of-five field goals with two three pointers. 
• Derek Goodman nailed two threes as he tallied eight points in the game. 
• JeJuan Weatherspoon had a team-best four offensive rebounds, part of a five point, eight rebound, two steal day. 
• Tony Ezeonu blocked three shots with seven points and five rebounds in 11 minutes of relief work.
• Jaylan Green also scored seven points off the bench. 
• Ohio Dominican outshot the Storm with an overall field goal % of 46.3% with 25-of-54 field goals made.
  • Lake Erie finished with a 43.5% field goal % as they were 27-of-62. 
• ODU out-rebounded LEC 31-27 with a slight edge in offensive rebounds 9-8. 
• Lake Erie made 11 threes to ODU's five triples as ODU outscored the Storm 40-32 in the paint. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Lake Erie stormed out to an 11-4 lead within the first five minutes of the game. 
• Ohio Dominican answered with an 8-3 rally to cut the Storm lead down to 14-12 with under 13 minutes left in the first half. 
• The Storm created some distance and reopened a 27-18 lead before the under-eight media timeout. 
• Goodman capped a fierce 9-1 run with a three pointer as ODU pulled within one point, 28-27 with 5:12 remaining in the period. 
• Lake Erie closed the first half with a 13-2 run and led 41-29 at the halftime break. 
• The Storm run continued into the second half, scoring nine of the first 12 points to open their largest lead of the day, 50-32 with over 17 minutes to go. 
• The Panthers spend the next five minutes clawing away at the deficit, outscoring LEC 10-4 getting within 54-46. 
• Lake Erie pushed the lead back to double-digits and got the win 75-64. 

UP NEXT

• These two teams will meet again in five days, this time in Columbus on Thursday (Feb. 6) at 7:30 PM.