STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Joe Ritchay (Wisconsin Rapids, WI/Lincoln)hit two clutch three-pointers in the final 2:05 as the No. 12 UW-Stevens Point men's basketball team bested No. 1 UW-Whitewater 72-69 on Wednesday night at Bennett Court at Quandt Fieldhouse.

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The win is the second time UW-Stevens Point (19-4, 13-1 WIAC) has defeated a No. 1-ranked team, joining the team's victory over Williams in the 2003-04 national championship game. The loss is the first conference setback for UW-Whitewater (19-3, 12-1 WIAC) this season and snaps UWW's 13-game winning streak. The Pointers have now won nine of the last 11 meetings since the start of the 2010-11 season.

With UW-Stevens Point leading by one, Ritchay hit a three-pointer with 2:05 remaining to boost the lead to four. The Warhawks hung in to get back within a point before Ritchay drilled another three-pointer with 50 seconds to go.

Leading by four once again, Austin Ryf (Winneconne, WI/Winneconne) made four free throws on either side of a Quardell Young three, leaving UWSP's lead at three with 22 seconds remaining. The Warhawks got two looks at potential game-tying three-pointers but neither fell.

UW-Whitewater led 48-44 with 10:05 left after Cody Odegaard capped a 9-0 UWW run with a three. The Pointers responded with a 7-2 run of their own to take a one-point lead, a run that was closed by back-to-back layups by Alex Richard (Spring Green, WI/River Valley). A little over three minutes later, a layup by Sean McGann (Baraboo, WI/Baraboo) gave UWSP the lead for good.

UW-Stevens Point shot 68.2 percent (15-for-22) from the field in the second half and finished at 58.5 percent for the game, the team's highest field-goal percentage since Jan. 10 at UW-Oshkosh (68.1 percent).

Jordan Lutz (Amherst, WI/Amherst) scored a game-high 22 points to record the second 20-point game of his UW-Stevens Point career and finished two points shy of his career-high 24 from Jan. 17 at UW-River Falls. Lutz shot 7-for-9 from the field, including 5-for-6 from behind the arc in the game.

Austin Ryf (Winneconne, WI/Winneconne) added 15 points, six rebounds and five assists for UWSP, while Ritchay scored 11 of his 15 in the second half. The Pointers were 9-for-16 (56.3 percent) from three-point range in the game and shot 15-for-18 (83.3 percent) at the free-throw line.

The first half was a half of runs, as UW-Whitewater raced out to an 8-2 lead, only for UW-Stevens Point to go on a 21-8 run to lead by seven. The Warhawks closed the half on a 13-4 run to lead 29-27 at the break.

Steve Egan led UW-Whitewater with 16 points and a game-high seven rebounds. Rahjan Muhammad came off the bench to score 13 points, 11 in the first half. Quardell Young chipped in with 11 points, six rebounds and six assists and Odegaard also added 11.

The Warhawks shot 40.7 percent (22-for-54) from the field in the game but made just 2-of-11 three-pointers (18.2 percent) in the second half after going 5-for-11 (45.5 percent) in the first half. After not shooting a free throw in the opening 20 minutes, UWW was 18-for-24 (75.0 percent) from the charity stripe in the second half.

UW-Stevens Point hosts UW-Stout for Senior Night on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. at Bennett Court at Quandt Fieldhouse.