The Tiffin University men's basketball team fell on senior day to the Ohio Dominican Panthers by the score of 77-59. The Dragons built an early ten point lead, but the Panthers caught fire late in half number one and carried over into the 2nd half.
The Dragons got off to a fast start, and Ashton Khan was the main contributor, scoring 7 points early, and 11 of the team's first 13. This hot start continued for the Dragons, as they built their lead to ten points. The Dragon lead was trimmed to four before they extended it back to ten at 32-22, but the Panthers went on a 10-2 run to trail only by two at the half 34-32.
Ohio Dominican led for a whole 33 seconds in the 1st half, but took over the game for good just three and a half minutes into the 2nd half. The Dragons battled hard, but could only cut the Panther lead to as little as seven before Ohio Dominican ran away with an 18 point victory. The Dragons shot 38.1% from the field overall, and were out rebounded 43-30. ODU shot 45.5% from the field and 34.8% from three.
The Dragons were led by senior Ashton Khan with 25 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists. Antonio Pipkin pitched in 11 points, Alex Brown added 10, and Mike Brown put in 7 points. Korab Imami grabbed a career high 13 rebounds, accounting for 43% of the Dragons rebounds.
The Dragons finish the year 8-21 overall and 4-18 in GLIAC play.