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Pointers Put Away
Edgewood Early in Victory
Box Score
UW-Stevens Point controlled Edgewood from start to
finish in rolling up a 79-49 non-conference men�s basketball victory on
Thursday at the Quandt Fieldhouse.
The top-ranked Pointers held Edgewood without a
field goal for the first 12:05 of the contest as the Eagles missed their
first 13 shot attempts. UW-Stevens Point opened up a 16-2 lead while
cruising to its 43rd straight regular season non-conference victory. The win
improved the Pointers to 15-1 overall and marked their fifth consecutive
undefeated non-conference season.
The Eagles, who are the last non-conference
opponent to beat the Pointers on Dec. 29, 1999, shot just 27.3 percent
against the nation�s top scoring defense. In fact, Edgewood was just 17.4
percent (four-for-23) in the first half as the Pointers built a 37-19
halftime lead. It was the fourth straight game that UW-Stevens Point has
held its opponent under 50 points.
UW-Stevens Point shot 61.4 percent for the game,
but was just four-for-16 from three-point range, despite entering the game
as the nation�s sixth-best shooting team from behind the arc. The Pointers
got 16 points apiece from Jason Kalsow and Nick Bennett. Kalsow added eight
rebounds and five assists, while shooting eight-for-10 from the field with
his only misses from three-point range.
Edgewood hung in the game by getting to the foul
line 27 times, compared to just eight times for the Pointers. Seth Cooper
was 11-for-14 from the line and led all scorers with 22 points.
The Eagles crawled to within 17 points at 57-40
with 10:07 left, but Bennett hit a layup and a three-pointer on the
Pointers� next two possessions to build the lead back to 22 points.
Brian Bauer was five-for-five from the floor and
added a season-high 10 points for the Pointers, who had assists on their
first 10 baskets of the game. |
