EDMONTON – One day after a disappointing road loss, the University of Calgary Dinos men's basketball team bounced back nicely with an 80-69 win over MacEwan at the David Atkinson Gym.

The Dinos led from start to finish and held a double-digit advantage from midway through the second quarter nearly the entirity of the rest of the way.

MacEwan battled and scratched and clawed their way back into the game late, but they just couldn't get on that big enough run to complete the comeback.
  
Diego Presingular and Marcus ISO Moore led the Griffins with 15 points each in the loss, while Job Janda recorded eight points and eight rebounds, and Milan Jaksic chipped in with 10 points, as MacEwan fell to 3-11 this season.
 
The Dinos had four players reach double figures, led by Mrigendra Dhaliwal's 20-point effort. Daniels Baumanis scored 17 points and hauled in seven rebounds, while Hayden Franson tallied 13 points and eight rebounds as Calgary improved to 8-6.
 
MacEwan fell behind 8-0 early, and, while they cut into the lead, the Dinos were able to hold a 27-16 advantage after the first quarter, putting the Griffins in a bit of a hole after the opening 10 minutes.
 
MacEwan was able to cut Calgary's lead to 29-24 after Dami Osuma scooped up an offensive board and bucket — but the Dinos went on a 14-7 run in the second quarter to give them a 14-point lead at the half.
 
The trio of Presingular, Janda and ISO Moore kept the Griffins going in the second half.
 
ISO Moore hit a nice jumper and Khushal Shukla nailed a three from distance to keep pace with the Dinos, who held a 64-49 lead going into the fourth.
 
A strong bucket from Janda and a free throw from ISO Moore cut Calgary's lead to five and MacEwan had all the momentum, but the Dinos' experience didn't allow them to falter and they had no plans to give up the lead at all.
 
The Griffins outscored Calgary 20-16 in the fourth quarter, but after they made it a two-possession game, Dhaliwal's back-to-back buckets extended the Dinos lead to nine and it was just a little too much to overcome.
 
Calgary remains on the road next weekend, traveling to Saskatchewan to take on the Huskies for a pair starting Friday.

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