UW-Whitewater, ranked fifth in the D3hoops.com poll, upped its record to 16-1 overall and 7-1 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with a 62-45 win at UW-Oshkosh Wednesday night.
Oshkosh was as cold as Cruella Deville's heart to open the game, missing their first nine shots from the field. John Flanigan's two free throws at 12:34 were the first points on the board for the Titans. Fortunately for UW-O, Whitewater wasn't shooting five alarms, with Flanigan's points makingit 8-2 in favor of UW-W.
Oshkosh pulled within one twice in the first half, on a Flanigan layup at 8:07 to cut Whitewater's lead to 14-13, and again with 3:36 left and UW-W in front 23-22. UW-W took a 30-26 lead into the lockerroom.
UW-W shot 45% from the field in the first half, Oshkosh 38%. Both teams were 3-7 from three point range, but Oshkosh went 5-5 from the line and Whitewater 1-2. Whitewater senior forward Alex Edmunds (Cedarburg) led both teams with eight points, also grabbing five rebounds. Cory Nickel was 2-3 from the field, all of them on three point attempts, to lead UW-O.
UW-W blew out of the lockerroom with a 15-0 run, upping their lead to 45-26 with 14:57 left in the game. Five Warhawks scored in that run. It took Oshkosh more than five minutes, until 14:50, to score their first points of the half. UW-W rolled on to a 50-28 lead, their largest margin of the game, with 11:37 left. UW-O never pulled closer than 15 points the rest of the way.
Whitewater, the second best field goal shooting team in Division III at 52%, made 49% of their shots while the Titans shot 40%. UW-W accumulated 12 steals and turned the ball over just seven times, tying a season best also accomplished versus Edgewood College January 4.
Edmunds, playing in his second game this season, led UW-W with a double double, 14 points and game high ten rebounds. He was joined in double figures by four teammates, Luke Knoble (Boscobel) with 12, Cody Odgegaard 11, and Eric Bryson (Elkhorn) and Lucas Burns (Janesville/Craig) ten each. Bryson dished out seven assists. Oshkosh was led by Flanigan and Dylan Wurtz, both with 11 points. Flanigan also shared game rebounding honors with Edmunds with 10.
UW-Oshkosh is 4-13 overall and 0-8 in the WIAC.
Whitewater played without senior center Chris Davis (Madison/East), the WIAC's leading scorer and number eight scorer in Division III at 24.6 per game, who is resting an injury.
The Warhawks will travel to Menomonie to face UW-Stout Saturday for a 6:00 tipoff. The next home game for UW-W is January 25 at 7:00 with UW-Stevens Point visiting Kachel Gym in Williams Center.
UW-Whitewater Continues Streak against UW-Oshkosh
UW-Whitewater
62
UW-Oshkosh
45
2nd - 00:00 | 1 | 2 | T |
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UW-Whitewater (16-1, 7-1 WIAC) | 30 | 32 | 62 |
UW-Oshkosh (4-13, 0-8 WIAC) | 26 | 19 | 45 |
Jan 18, 2012