Pioneers pick up road win over Warhawks

WHITEWATER, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville men's basketball team (19-3, 9-2 WIAC) ranked No. 8 on the D3hoops.com poll, defeated UW-Whitewater (7-15, 2-9 WIAC) 70-68 on Wednesday night. This is the fourth consecutive WIAC victory for the Pioneers.

First half

• The Pioneers fell behind 0-7 in the opening three minutes and trailed by double digits for most of the first half.
• The Pioneers trailed 29-37 going into halftime.
• Senior Carter Voelker had 13 first half points and shot 100% (8-of-8) from the free throw line. 
• The Pioneers shot 34.8% (8-of-23) from the field and 27.3% (3-of-11) from three-point range and the Warhawks shot 48.4% (15-of-31) from the field and 40% (4-of-10) on three-point attempts.
• The Pioneers shot 100% (10-of-10) from the free throw line and UW-Whitewater shot 75% (3-of-4) from the free throw line.

Second half

• Sophomore Kyle Tuma's three-pointer with 7:54 remaining gave the Pioneers their first lead of the game.
• The Pioneers trailed 62-65 with 1:57 remaining and scored six unanswered points to take a 68-65 lead with 1:02 remaining.
• Tuma had 15 of his 18 points in the second half.
• Junior Justin Stovall scored all 10 of his points in the second half. He added seven rebounds, four blocks and two steals.
• The Pioneers shot 44.4% (11-of-25) from the field and 53.8% (7-of-13) from three-point range while UW-Whitewater shot 40% (12-of-30) from the field and 45.5% (5-of-11) on three-pointers.
• The Pioneers shot 75% (12-of-16) from the free throw line while UW-Whitewater shot 40% (2-of-5).

Notables 

• UW-Platteville improves to 19-3 overall, 9-2 WIAC.
• UW-Whitewater falls to 7-15 overall, 2-9 WIAC. 
• Stovall double doubled with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Stovall had five blocks, two steals and two assists.
• Voelker scored 21 points and shot 92.9%(13-of-14) from the free throw line.
• Sophomore Blake McCann had 12 points and four rebounds. McCann shot 66.7% (2-of-3) behind the arc and 100%( 4-of-4) from the free throw line.
• UW-Platteville shot 39.6% (19-of-48) from the field and 41.7% (10-of-24) from beyond the three-point arc. UW-Whitewater shot 44.3% (27-of-61) from the field and 42.9% (9-of-21) from three-point territory.
• The Pioneers shot 84.6% (22-of-26) from the free throw line and the Warhawks shot 55.6% (5-of-9).

Up next

The Pioneers celebrate Senior Night on Saturday, February 15 against UW-River Falls at 7:00 pm on Bo Ryan Court.