The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's basketball team used a hefty advantage from the free throw line to down Heidelberg 78-67 in their first game of the Ron Linhart Memorial Classic hosted by Heidelberg.
 
The Warhawks were 24-31 from the charity stripe bolstered by a perfect 10-10 performance from Miles Barnstable while limited trips to the line by the Student Princes. Heidelberg was just 5-6 for free throws on the night.
 
Barnstable set the tone with a steal just 11 seconds in the game. He found Trevon Chislom (McFarland, Wis./McFarland) just seconds later for the fastbreak jumper and an early lead. The Warhawk advantage hit double digits at the 13:46 mark on Drew Fisher's (Oconomowoc, Wis./Oconomowoc) jumper and ballooned to as much as 18, 35-17, in the half.
 
Heidelberg cut the lead to 12 but a pair of Barnstable free throws just before intermission sent UWW into halftime with a 41-27 lead.
 
The Warhawk lead never fell below double figures the rest of the way.
 
UW-Whitewater shot 46-percent from the floor while the defense held The Berg to 36-percent from the floor.
 
Miles Barnstable led all players with 21 points on 5-7 from the field and then 10 free throws. Delvin Barnstable dropped in 20 on 8-10 from the floor adding ten rebounds for the double-double. He also led UWW with three steals. Chislom rounded out the double figure scorers with 14 on the night. Elijah Lambert (Racine, Wis./St. Catherine's) also hauled in 10 boards and was two points shy of a double-double. He led UWW with three assists.
 
The Warhawks close out the Ron Linhart Memorial Tournament in Tiffin, Ohio against Pitt-Bradford Saturday at 1 p.m.