East Peoria, IL-- The ICC men's basketball team used a strong late first-half surge to help them win their third game of the season, a 71-62 victory over Olivet Nazarene JV on Monday night in Ramsey Gymnasium.

Both teams were locked in defensively to start the game as the score was knotted at 16-all with 8:03 to go in the first half.  The Cougars grabbed the momentum on back-to-back alley oops to Kyle Hawthorne and Lavell McIntosh and then Zach Lewkowski got hot from three-point range, nailing three treys over the next three minutes to put ICC up 34-25.  Emaryon Byrd added another three-pointer just before the halftime buzzer to give ICC a 37-29 advantage

ICC stayed in control in the second half displaying a great effort on the defensive end to keep the Tigers at bay.  The Cougars finished the night with 14 steals while forcing ONU into 23 turnovers. The Cougars are now 3-0, while ONU JV dropped to 0-3.

Stat Leaders
Zach Lewkowski-- 11 pts, 4 rebs, 6 ast, 5 stls
Lavell McIntosh-- 10 pts, 3 reb
Brandon Bell-- 7 pts, 4 asts
Tony Mabon, Jr.-- 9 pts, 2 steals

Next up: The men will hit the road on Thursday, November 11 to play Bryant & Stratton College (Wisconsin) in a 7:30 pm tip-off.  A quick note for fans who may attend the game ---Bryant & Stratton College men's and women's basketball home games are played at the Bloechl Recreation Center on the campus of Mount Mary University, located at 2900 N. Menomonee River Prkwy, Milwaukee, WI 53222. 

Livestream will be available at https://wisconsin.bscbobcats.com/fanzone/streaming.