UW-Whitewater held Dominican University to 32% shooting in the Warhawks 71-44 win in Geiseman Gymnasium in River Forest, Illinois Saturday.

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Dominican led 8-6 with 16:01 left in the first half, and that was the last time UW-W was looking up on the scoreboard.  The remainder of the first half was taken up by Warhawks runs.  From that 8-6 point, UW-W scored eleven of the next fifteen points for a 17-12 at 11:42.  Whitewater closed the half on a 12-4 run, with senior center Chris Davis (Madison/East) scoring all of those points for UW-W for a 31-21 halftime lead.

Whitewater scored 22 points in the paint in the first half, to eight for Dominican, and held the Stars to 31% from the field.

UW-W must have been running downhill in the second, as they opened with an 11-0 run, within a 17-8 run, which was within a 29-10 run.  UW-W led 60-31 with 8:07 left in the game.  Whitewater built 31 point leads twice, 64-33 and 67-36, before the final buzzer.

Whitewater shot 58% for the game and limited the Stars to 32%.  There were only 18 free throws taken in the game, with UW-W hitting 8-9 and DU 4-9.  Whitewater out-rebounded Dominican 37-23, with 32 boards on the defensive end.

Davis led all scorers with 20 points, adding seven rebounds and four assists.  Freshman center Justin Scanlan (Plainfield, IL) scored ten points, and freshman guard Quardell Young (Kenosha/Bradford) tied for the team lead with seven boards.  Senior guard Darius Nelson led DU with 13 points, and sophomore forward Logan Harris led both teams with eight rebounds.

UW-W will travel to Milwaukee to take on Wisconsin Lutheran College Tuesday evening.  The next home game will be November 30 at 7:00, with Illinois Wesleyan University visiting Kachel Gym in Williams Center.