Men's Basketball | 11/20/20 | 10:01 PM

Box Score HELENA, Mont. -- The No. 21-ranked Carroll College Fighting Saints men's basketball team rose to Dickinson State's second half challenge, and used a 31-21 run in the final 10 minutes of the game to win 77-61 on Friday in the PE Center. 

In a tough-fought game, the Saints (2-1) led for all but two minutes, though the Blue Hawks (2-2) did trim the gap in the second half. With 10 minutes left, a free throw from DSU put the Saints' lead at five-points before Carroll answered with a 5-0 run. 

Shamrock Campbell sank a three, and then Jovan Sljivancanin scored in the paint to give the Saints a little room. The rest of the way the Saints straddled a double-digit lead, until five minutes remaining, when they would lead comfortably the rest of the way. 

Sljivancanin, the junior from Belgrade, Serbia, finished with a game-high 19 points, adding in nine rebounds and five assists. Routinely late in the game, Sljivancanin defeated DSU's double-team to find open teammates or score himself. 

Joining him in double figures for the Saints were Campbell with 16 points, Gaven Ramirez with 13, Ifeanyi Okeke with 12 and Dennis Flowers III with 11. 

As a team, the Saints shot 50% from the field, while holding DSU to 38%. 

Dickinson received a team-high 14 points from Trey Hladsky. 

The Saints are next scheduled to face Dickinson State again, on November 28, in North Dakota.