Pioneers win on Garding Against Cancer Night

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville men's basketball team (15-2, 5-1 WIAC) ranked No. 11 on the D3hoops.com poll, defeated UW-Whitewater (6-11, 1-5 WIAC) 77-56 on Wednesday night for Garding Against Cancer Night. $2,023 was raised which included a $500 donation from Southwest Health.

Thank you to all who supported the Pioneers and Garding Against Cancer tonight. If you were unable to attend the game and would like to support Garding Against Cancer, please contact Jeff Gard.

First half

• The Pioneers took control early and built a 16-2 lead over the first 7:30 of the game.
• The Pioneers led 37-27 going into halftime.
• Senior Carter Voelker had 10 points, three rebounds and two assists in the half.
• Junior Quentin Shields had nine points, four rebounds and two assists.
• The Pioneers shot 50% (14-of-28) from the field and 41.7% (5-of-12) from three-point range and the Warhawks shot 28.9% (11-of-38) from the field and 31.3% (5-of-16) on three-point attempts.
• The Pioneers shot 100% (4-of-4) from the free throw line and UW-Whitewater did not attempt a free throw.

Second half

• The Pioneers opened the half with a 19-6 run to take a commanding 56-33 lead with 11:50 remaining.
• The Pioneers led by double digits the entire second half.
• The Pioneers shot 37% (10-of-27) from the field and 22.2% (2-of-9) from three-point range while UW-Whitewater shot 33.3% (11-of-33) from the field and 9.1% (1-of-11) on three-pointers.
• The Pioneers shot 90% (18-of-20) from the free throw line while UW-Whitewater shot 75% (6-of-8). 

Notables 

• UW-Platteville improved to 15-2 overall, 5-1 WIAC.
• UW-Whitewater fell to 6-11 overall, 1-5 WIAC. 
• Voelker finished with 18 points, four rebounds and four assists and shot 53.8% (7-of-13) from the field.
• Shields had 16 points, five rebounds and three assists.
• Sophomore Blake McCann scored 13 points off the bench and shot 44.4% (4-of-9) from the field and knocked down all four of his free throws.
• Sophomore Kyle Tuma had 10 points and led the Pioneers with two steals.
• UW-Platteville shot 43.6% (24-of-55) from the field and 33.3% (7-of-21) from beyond the three-point arc. UW-Whitewater shot 31% (22-of-71) from the field and 22.2% (6-of-27) from three-point territory.
• The Pioneers shot an impressive 91.7% (22-of-24) from the free throw line while the Warhawks shot 75% (6-of-8).

Up next

The Pioneers travel to face UW-River Falls on Saturday, January 25 at 5:00 pm.