MENOMONIE (January 11, 2014) - Stout fell behind early and trailed almost the whole game, as UW-Platteville ran away with a 61-42 victory at Johnson Fieldhouse Saturday night.

The Pioneers (10-4, 5-0 WIAC) jumped out to an early lead, but Stout (8-6, 3-3 WIAC) was able to hang close. Trailing 12-7 with a little over 12 minutes to go in the first, a three pointer and a jumper by Brett Ahsenmacher (Fr, Annandale, Minn.) tied the game at 12.

The Pioneers came right back with an 11-0 run, hitting five straight shots, to take the lead for good. Stout would go into halftime trailing 27-16.

At the break, the Blue Devils were shooting just 26% (6-23) from the field. The second half was better, as Stout hit 36% (9-25) of their shots, but the hot shooting of Platteville kept the game just out of reach.

Stout came out firing in the second half, going back-and-forth with the Pioneers for the first five minutes. The Blue Devils would narrow the deficit to seven, after a lay-up and a free throw by Alex Oman (Sr, Lake Elmo, Minn.) made the score 27-34.

Oman would finish with 14 points, tied for game-high scoring honors, including going 7-7 from the free throw line.

Platteville put the game out of reach after that though, going on a 17-6 run over the next six minutes to push their lead to 18, 51-33 with 9:08 to go.

Stout would never get closer than 14 points the rest of the way.

The Pioneers had four players score in double figures, led by Chas Cross with 14. Boston Johnson and Eric Gerber added 11 apiece and Jake Manning chipped in 10. Hank Kujak (So, Blair) led Stout in rebounding with six while Aaron Jenny (Sr, Spicer, Minn.) added four assists and five rebounds for the Blue Devils.

For the game, the Pioneers hit 51% (23-45) of their field goal attempts, including 9-20 from downtown. Stout hit just 31% (15-48) of thier shots and only 3-14 from beyond the arc. The Pioneers also outrebounded Stout 29-28, but the Blue Devils held the edge on the offensive glass, 11-6.