Pioneers fall to Falcons on the road

RIVER FALLS, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville men's basketball team (15-3, 5-2 WIAC) ranked No. 11 on the D3hoops.com poll, fell to UW-River Falls (10-8, 3-4 WIAC) 68-74 on Saturday night. 

First half

• The Pioneers trailed 20-29 remaining in the first half and went on a 10-1 run to bring the score to 30-31.
• The Pioneers led 41-40 going into halftime.
• Junior Justin Stovall led the Pioneers with 12 points, five rebounds and two blocks. Stovall shot 75% (6-of-8) from the field.
• Sophomore Kyle Tuma scored 11 first half points and shot 3-of-5 from three-point range.
• The Pioneers shot 52.9% (18-of-34) from the field and 35.7% (5-of-14) from three-point range and the Falcons shot 56.7% (17-of-30) from the field and 44.4% (4-of-9) on three-point attempts.
• The Pioneers did not attempt any free throws and UW-River Falls did shoot 50% (2-of-4) from the free throw line.

Second half

• Stovall shot 100% from the field (3-of-3), on three-pointers (1-of-1) and from the free throw line (2-of-2). Stovall had nine points, seven rebounds and three blocks.
• The Pioneers shot 33.3% (10-of-30) from the field and 10% (1-of-10) from three-point range while UW-River Falls shot 42.3% (11-of-26) from the field and 20% (2-of-10) on three-pointers.
• The Pioneers shot 75% (6-of-8) from the free throw line while UW-River Falls shot 83.3% (10-of-12). 

Notables 

• UW-Platteville falls to 15-3 overall, 5-2 WIAC.
• UW-River Falls improves to 10-8 overall, 3-4 WIAC. 
• Stovall recorded a double double with 21 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks. Stovall shot 81.8% (9-of-11) from the field.
• Senior Carter Voelker had 13 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals.
• Sophomore Blake McCann scored 11 points off the bench and shot 50% (5-of-10) from the field.
• UW-Platteville shot 43.8% (28-of-64) from the field and 25% (6-of-24) from beyond the three-point arc. UW-River Falls shot 50% (28-of-56) from the field and 31.6% (6-of-19) from three-point territory.
• The Pioneers shot 75% (6-of-8) from the free throw line and the Falcons also shot 75% (12-of-16).

Up next

The Pioneers host UW-Oshkosh on Wednesday, January 29 at 7:00 pm.