SUPERIOR (February 18, 2015) - UW-Stout held a five point halftime lead over UW-Superior, but like so often this year could not hold onto the lead and the Yellowjackets captured a 67-59 win at Mertz Mortorelli Gymnasium Wednesday.

Behind eight points by Mac Oreskovic (Fr, Antigo) and eight points by Jarvis Ragland (Sr, Milwaukee), the Blue Devils (3-21, 0-15 WIAC)  led 35-30 at halftime. The Yellowjackets (9-15, 3-12 WIAC) bounced back to take a 40-35 lead at 16:50 in the second half, but Stout came back to take the lead.

Brett Ashenmacher (So, Annandale, Minn) hit a 3-pointer, Patrick D'Marcco (Fr, Kenosha) made back-to-back buckets and Oreskovic hit a jumper at 12:37 to give Stout a 44-41 lead. Superior reversed that to take a 52-47 lead, then built that up to a seven point, 56-49 lead at 5:44.

The Blue Devils made one more run at the Yellowjackets, closing the gap to 60-59 with just under two minutes left to play. Superior would close out the game on a 7-0 run.

Oreskovic led the Blue Devils with a career-high 13 points. hitting 5-of-7 from the floor and 3-of-5 from 3 point range. John Lahti (Fr, Turtle Lake) added 10 points for Stout.

The Yellowjackets got 21 points from Brian Lindblom, 16 from Zach Schradle and 13 from Ty Ketz. Superior held a decided advantage on the free throw line, hitting 21-of-25. Lindblom was 7-for-7, while Schradle was 6-of-8.

Stout will close out the season when they host UW-Whitewater, Saturday, Feb. 21 at 5 p.m.