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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's basketball team broke a 12-year-old school scoring record Tuesday night in a 143-102 win against Greenville (Ill.) in a non-conference contest at Kachel Gymnasium.
The Warhawks (7-2 overall), who topped the previous high of 134 points set on Nov. 28, 2009, against Grinnell (Iowa), also tied a school record set in 1983 with 60 made field goals and shot 74.1 percent from the floor, tying the No. 2 mark in school history from a game against Cardinal Stritch in 2013. UW-W's 47 assists are also a new program record, besting the previous mark of 38 from a game against Concordia Chicago from 1988.
Jack Brahm (Bayside, Wis./Glendale Nicolet) totaled a career-high 30 points on 14-of-15 shooting, the sixth-highest field goal percentage by an individual in one game in program history, and added three assists, three steals and two blocks.
Trevon Chislom (McFarland, Wis./McFarland) posted 19 points, including two on a highlight-reel tomahawk slam over a defender on a baseline drive, to go along with five rebounds.
Gage Malensek (Brookfield, Wis./Central) collected a double-double with 12 points and 10 assists, while
Elijah Lambert (Racine, Wis./St. Catherine's) finished with 14 points, a team-best nine rebounds and five assists.
Derek Gray (Madison, Wis./La Follette) tallied 10 points, five rebounds and three assists, and
Brian Conaghan (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier) contributed 12 points, four rebounds and four assists.
Jameer Barker (Racine, Wis./St. Catherine's) and
Carter Capstran (Franklin, Wis./Franklin) each dished out six assists for UW-Whitewater.
The Panthers (1-9) led for most of the opening 10 minutes of the contest, including a game-high seven-point margin at two different points of the first half.
Malensek gave the Warhawks the lead for good with a pair of free throws at the 8:28 mark. Three minutes later,UW-W expanded its advantage to nine thanks to 3-pointers by Conaghan and
JT Hoytink (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Sussex Hamilton) around a layup by Capstran.
UW-Whitewater's lead grew to double digits following a layup by Lambert with 3:49 on the clock and ballooned to 65-45 by the 1:16 mark as Brahm capped a 14-0 run with a layup. The Warhawks maintained their 20-point advantage into halftime.
A dunk by
Caleb Flaten-Moore (Ixonia, Wis./Oconomowoc) just over two minutes into the second half gave UW-W a 25-point lead. The advantage grew to 30 four minutes later on a layup by Lambert at the 13:12 mark.
The Warhawks led by as many as 46 points the rest of the way.
Prior to the game, UW-Whitewater Director of Athletics
Ryan Callahan recognized head coach
Pat Miller for achieving his 400th win last week at Lake Forest (Ill.). Miller's colleagues, friends and family recognized him during a
tribute video played prior to tipoff.
The Warhawks return to action this Friday at Ripon. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m.