The unusual circumstance of back-to-back games in conference play has produced some wild swings from one night to the next in college basketball across the country this season, and the Lakeland University men's basketball team was part of its own with a 91-67 loss to Edgewood College Saturday night at the Moose & Dona Woltzen Gymnasium.

One night after scoring 114 points and blowing out the Eagles behind a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference-record performance by freshman Aiden Polzin (Clintonville, Wis.), the Muskies were on the other end of an almost equally decisive result. The same site and the same opponent produced a 55-point swing in less than 24 hours, and the end of Lakeland and Edgewood's two-game series saw the teams both tied at 4-4 in the NACC North standings with two division games to play.

The night after the Muskies (6-6 overall) never trailed in the game and led for all but 60 seconds, this time it was the Eagles leading nearly from start-to-finish, ahead for all but 1 minute, 26 seconds of the game. Clearly focused on both ends after Lakeland's surprisingly dominant performance Friday, Edgewood came out strong on both ends and was in charge in almost all facets of the game while the Muskies never found a groove on either end of the court.

The Eagles (7-6 overall) made 13 of their first 16 shots from the field, including 10 straight on the way to a 19-point lead less than 11 minutes into the game. Edgewood would never totally cool off, finishing the game shooting a season-best 58.5% (38 of 65) and holding a double-digit lead for the final 31:44.

The guests also slowed down Lakeland's previously red-hot offense that had averaged 107.5 points over its previous two games earlier in the week. The Muskies made just 23 of 55 shots (41.8%), including 6 of 23 from three-point range (26.1%) to tie for their lowest output from three-point range on the season.

Whether it was layups in close rolling off the rim or three-pointers off target, Lakeland never could find consistency on the offensive end. Edgewood seemed to have an answer for every Muskies run, and the Eagles even were able to largely hold in check Polzin. One night after he scored an NACC single-game record 46 points for the most points by a Muskie in more than 50 years, the freshman was held to eight points, making 3 of 9 shots from the field.

After falling behind big early, Lakeland made some headway late in the first half, trimming a 19-point deficit down to 11 before the Eagles took a 49-36 lead into halftime. Edgewood built the lead back to 17 early in the second half before the Muskies closed back within 11 on three occasions, the last coming on a three-pointer by Earl Lewis (Jr.-Madison, Wis.) making it 62-51 with 13:03 to play.

Lakeland's chance for a rally seemed to evaporate soon after, as the Muskies missed six straight shots and committed two turnovers over the next 5 1/2 minutes. The Eagles went on a 12-2 run in that span, taking a 74-63 lead after Jake Negus converted a three-point play with 7:34 left, and Lakeland never got closer than 15 again.

Cam Jaeger (Fr.-Oostburg, Wis.) scored 22 points to lead the Muskies, hitting 5 of 9 from the field, 3 of 6 from three-point range and all nine of his free throws. Jequan Pegeese (Sr.-Beloit, Wis.) also scored 15 points and added five assists.

Jake Schroeckenthaler scored 18 points off the bench to lead Edgewood, making 8 of 9 shots and leading the Eagles' huge 66-20 advantage in points in the paint as well as a 40-11 advantage in bench points. Ryan Buss also scored 14 points and Jake Negus added 13 plus a game-high seven rebounds, part of the Eagles' 39-24 rebounding advantage.

The game also was the final at home for a pair of Lakeland seniors in Aaron Jacobs (Rockford, Ill.) and Connor Ortman (Norway, Mich.), as both were honored before the game.

Lakeland is back in action on Tuesday when it travels to face Finlandia (Mich.) University for a non-conference game on the road in Hancock, Mich., at 7 p.m. Eastern time in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 6 p.m. Central time.