Box Score UW-Whitewater, 15-1 overall and 6-1 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, ran its win streak to eight games with an 80-58 win over UW-Superior Saturday afternoon in Kachel Gym of Williams Center in Whitewater, Wisconsin.
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Whitewater came out of the lockerroom with a 10-4 run. With the score 22-14 and 6:39 on the clock, Whitewater went on a 12-2 run for a 34-16 lead at 2:21, the largest margin of the half. The teams went into intermission at 38-22.
Senior center
Chris Davis (Madison/East) and senior forward
Alex Edmunds (Cedarburg/) had nine and eight points, respectively, to lead UW-W in the first half. Ben Aalfs, a senior guard, led the Yellowjackets with eight. Whitewater shot 61% from the floor in the first twenty minutes, Superior 38%. Whitewater also had an advantage at the line, going 7-8 while UW-S was 0-1.
In the second half Whitewater led 45-26 at 17:26, but Superior used a 7-0 run to pull within 45-33 at 14:47. That proved to be the closest the Yellowjackets would get. The biggest lead for UW-W came with 1:51 left, 79-53.
Whitewater continued to shoot well in the second half, ending the game at 63% from the field. Superior improved in the second half, upping their percentage for the game to 43%. UW-W also led in the turnover column, 12-17. Davis added 15 points in the second half to lead all scorers with 24 points. Junior forward
Luke Knoble (Boscobel/Boscobel) had 15 points, and Edmunds wound up with 12 on 5-5 shooting from the field. Aalfs led UW-S with 15 points, shooting 6-11 including 2-3 from three point range. Junior forward Brendan Bauer added 11. Whitewater's
Eric Bryson (Elkhorn/Elkhorn) shared game honors for assists with Superior's Dustin Ritchie, with four each. Davis was the game high rebounder with eight and sophomore guard
Cody Odegaard (Poynette/Poynette) contributed a game high four steals.
UW-W will play at UW-Oshkosh Wednesday. The next home game for the Warhawks is Wednesday, January 25 at 7:00 with UW-Stevens Point visiting Kachel Gym.
For additional information: Pat Miller, UW-W coach
