ROCKFORD, Ill. - The Rockford University men's basketball team fell 59-44 to St. Norbert College in a Wednesday night NACC matchup. This game was a defensive showdown, with each team holding each other to sub .500 marks from the field. St. Norbert was able to edge out Rockford 43.8% - 37.5% from the field and take control 40% - 18.2% from three-point range. Defensively, St. Norbert was able to force 22 turnovers and convert those into 21 points, while the Rockford forced 16 and turned those into 15 points. The three-point struggles and turnovers for the Regents ultimately led to the 59-44 Green Knights win.
- Rockford got out to an 8-7 lead to start the game after a layup by Jaden Bell with 15:22 left in the first half to give his team the lead.
- The game found its way to a 17-15 St. Norbert lead with 10:10 to go in the first half.
- The Green Knights then went on a 12-3 run to take a 29-18 lead over the Regents with about 4 minutes to go in the half.
- Rockford was able to stop the bleeding with 6 straight points, capped off by a Devon Oregon layup to make it a 32-24 game with 1:41 in the half.
- St. Norbert was able to grab the last 3 points of the first half and make it a 35-24 game.
- St. Norbert took control and found their way to a 44-29 lead.
- The Regents then went on a 12-5 run, thanks to Jaden Bell's hot shooting, putting up all 12 points for Rockford, and draining 4 three-pointers in a row to make it a 49-41 game with 6:44 to play.
- St. Norbert then retook control of the game and went on a 10-3 run to finish the game out and take a 59-44 win.
- Jaden Bell had a team-high 14 points on 62.5% shooting, also grabbing 2 rebounds, 1 block and 1 steal.
- Kevin Diemer put up 13 points, tallied a team-high 3 assists, and also took over 7th place from Tom Clinton for most rebounds in program history with his 7 today.
- Micah Swanson had 8 points, 1 steal, 1 block, and also passed Troy DeCook for 17th most rebounds in program history with his 8 today.
