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Kalsow Carries
Pointers Past UW-Platteville
Box Score
A clear, cold night is a perfect time to look for
the stars and the UW-Stevens Point men�s basketball team did just that
Tuesday night, riding All-American Jason Kalsow to a 55-44 victory over
UW-Platteville in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener.
Kalsow poured in 22 points, while recording eight
rebounds and six blocks as the top-ranked Pointers earned their 14th
consecutive victory.
The teams were equally as cold as the weather,
especially UW-Platteville, which missed its final 10 shots over the last 10
minutes of the first half and shot just 32.7 percent for the game. The
Pointers shot a season-low 43.8 percent, but shot 50 percent in the second
half after a cold first half.
UW-Stevens Point started out red-hot, hitting
three of its first four shots to build a 7-0 lead. The Pointers led 16-13
with 8:13 left in the half when UW-Platteville went ice cold, failing to
score until a pair of Brad Reitzner free throws with 37 seconds left in the
half stopped another seven-point run by the Pointers.
UW-Stevens Point led 25-15 at halftime, but the
Pioneers made their first three shots of the second half and scored the
first seven points of the period to pull within 25-22. The Pioneers cut the
deficit to three points on four more occasions and trailed 36-33 with 9:15
left before Eric Maus scored a rebound basket and then made two free throws
after another offensive rebound. Kalsow added a layup and Maus hit two more
free throws to complete an eight-point spurt and put the Pointers ahead
44-33 with 6:45 left.
UW-Platteville was within six points at 49-43 with
two minutes left before Jon Krull drained a three-pointer from the deep
corner with 58 seconds left to seal the victory for the Pointers.
Tamaris Relerford hit three three-pointers to
finish with nine points for the Pointers, while Nick Bennett had nine points
and Maus added eight � all in the second half. Mark Gossens and Sean Krause
each had 10 points for UW-Platteville. |
