COLUMBUS, Ohio -  After seeing the Lake Erie Storm (16-6, 9-5 G-MAC) last Saturday, the Ohio Dominican Panthers (8-12, 4-8 G-MAC) men's basketball team concluded the home-and-home series with Lake Erie on Thursday (Feb. 6) night. 

In a back-and-forth contest, the Storm defeated the Panthers 68-60 at Alumni Hall. 

BOX SCORE NOTES

• Antonio Carter reached a season-high with 14 points in his third start of the season. Carter was five-of-nine shooting while knocking down all three free throw attempts. He set a career mark for steals with four and tied his career-best with four assists. 
• Terrance Broughton scored ten points and dished out three assists coming off the bench in 21 minutes. Broughton made two three pointers out of his four made field goals.
• Jaylan Green reached double figures off the bench with ten points scored. He was four-of-seven on the floor with three steals. 
• Zac Kimball pulled down four rebounds and scored four points.  
• Elijah Hinton led all players with seven rebounds to go with four points. 
• Carson Seemann had six rebounds and two steals. 
• Both teams were nearly identical in numbers shooting. Ohio Dominican finished with a 38.5% field goal percentage (20-of-52) while Lake Erie was a shade above at 38.6% (22-of-57) 
• Neither team was very successful from three-point land with a combined nine triples for the game. 
• Ohio Dominican made 16-of-19 free throws while Lake Erie was 19-of-26 at the line. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After a defensive first six minutes of the game, Ohio Dominican opened a 6-2 lead on three layups. 
• Lake Erie fired back with six straight points as they led 8-6 with 11 minutes left in the half. 
• In a two minute span, ODU went on a 12-0 run for an 18-8 advantage at the under-eight media timeout. 
• The Storm rallied to tie the game at 23 with a 15-5 spurt near the under-four media timeout. 
• The Panthers scored four of the final six points of the half as they took a 29-25 lead at halftime. 
• Both teams exchanged buckets over the first five minutes of the second half before the game was tied at 35-35 at the first media timeout of the half. 
• LEC pushed ahead to a 42-37 lead with ODU answering with five straight points to tie it again. 
• After a 45-45 tie with 11 minutes to go, Lake Erie took the lead and never relinquished it. The Storm outscored the Panthers 23-15 to win 68-60. 

UP NEXT

• Ohio Dominican welcomes in the Walsh Cavaliers on Saturday (Feb. 8) at 3:00 PM.