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Home Court Proves
to Be Perfect Cure for Pointers
Box Score
Apparently a return to the Quandt Fieldhouse was
the perfect cure for the UW-Stevens Point men�s basketball team.
Entering Monday�s game with a rare two-game losing
streak and coming off six straight road games, the Pointers hit 14 of their
first 18 shots and jumped out to a huge lead in a 73-52 win over Viterbo for
their 26th consecutive home victory.
While neither team had a turnover in the first 10
minutes of the game, Viterbo as cold from the field as the Pointers were
hot. The V-Hawks missed their first seven shots from the field as UW-Stevens
Point scored the first 12 points of the game. Leading 29-11 midway through
the first half, the Pointers went on a 13-1 run to take a 42-12 lead with
2:43 left. UW-Stevens Point�s biggest lead of the game was its 47-16
halftime advantage.
Viterbo shot just 16.7 percent in the first half,
while the Pointers shot 61.5 percent and held a 24-7 rebounding advantage.
The V-Hawks heated up after halftime, shooting 50.0 percent in the second
half and using a 9-0 run to close to within 17 points at 65-48 with 4:25
left, but came no closer in the final minutes.
UW-Stevens Point shot 51.9 percent for the game
and is now 8-0 when shooting better than 40 percent and 0-4 when below that
figure.
The Pointers had a balanced scoring attack as
Steve Hicklin scored 15 points and Jon Krull added 13 points. Kyle Hines
scored 15 points to lead Viterbo.
UW-Stevens Point plays Wednesday at UW-Superior at
7 p.m. |
