The Dordt Defender men's basketball team won its second game of the week and its 17^th of the season with an 84-69 win at home over Mount Marty giving the Defenders the season sweep of the Yankton, South Dakota based school.

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Dordt took the lead for good with a Ty Van Essen basket at the 13:17 mark of the first half to take a 10-9 lead.  The basket started a 13-2 run that included two three-point baskets by Jake Proctor and a three and a two by Connor Millikan for a 23-11 lead with 9:48 left in the half.

Dordt extended the lead to 34-18 after a Luke Rankin basket but Mount Marty answered with a basket to make the halftime score 34-20.
A Proctor basket with 14:37 left in the game gave Dordt its first 20-plus point lead of the night and Mount Marty never got closer than 13 the rest of the game with Dordt settling for an 84-69 win.

Dordt is now 17-1 overall and 9-1 in the GPAC.

Mount Marty is 7-9 overall and 4-6 in the league.

THE NUMBERS
Mount Marty | 26-62 FG | 6-15 3pt FG | 11-15 FT | 37 REB | 12 TO
Dordt | 32-63 FG | 8-28 3pt FG | 12-17 FT | 35 REB  | 6 TO

Dordt Leaders
Jake Proctor | 17 pts | 7-10 fg
Lucas Lorenzen | 17 pts | 9 reb | 3 ast
Connor Millikan | 15 pts  
Bryce Coppock | 11 pts
Jake Hargens | 8 pts | 4 ast

Mount Marty Leaders
Tash Lunday | 17 pts | 13 reb | 3 ast
Brandon Garcia | 14 pts | 5 reb
Damon Opdahl | 12 pts

NEXT
Dordt will travel to Northwestern on Wednesday night, January 15.
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