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Kalsow's Big Day
Helps Pointers Bury Eau Claire
Box Score
Close to becoming the all-time leading scorer in
UW-Stevens Point men�s basketball history, Jason Kalsow incredibly had never
had a huge offensive day.
That is, until now.
The senior forward hit the 30-point mark for the
first time in his career in finishing with another solid all-around
performance of 31 points, seven assists and five rebounds as the Pointers
handled UW-Eau Claire 83-55 on Saturday at the Quandt Fieldhouse.
Kalsow, normally a consistent 20 points per game
scorer, hit 11 of his 15 shots and dominated the inside and outside, hitting
three three-pointers along the way. He now has 1,641 career points to move
within eight points of Tim Naegeli for first place on the school�s all-time
list. The Pointers host UW-Whitewater, where Kalsow�s father, Tom, played
his college ball, on Wednesday. UW-Stevens Point remained tied for first
place in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with
UW-Platteville and improved to 18-2 overall with the victory.
UW-Stevens Point cruised to an early 13-2 lead and
led 24-9 while hitting nine of its first 14 shots. The Blugolds crawled to
within 25-19 with 7:40 left in the first half, but Tamaris Relerford
followed with one of his four three-pointers and the Blugolds came no closer
than nine points the rest of the way. Relerford finished with a season-high
12 points for the Pointers.
The Pointers led 40-27 at halftime and opened the
second half with a 14-4 run to build a 23-point lead.
For the game, UW-Stevens Point was 13-for-24 from
three-point range as Nick Bennett was three-for-four from behind the arc and
also had 12 points. The Pointers connected on six of eight three-pointers in
the second half and shot 52.7 percent for the contest.
UW-Eau Claire was just two-for-16 from behind the
arc and shot 35.3 percent from the field for the game. Dan Archambault
scored 19 points and Casey Drake had 15 to lead the Blugolds. |
