Fast start lifts UWP to victory
November 18, 2006
UW-Platteville raced out to a 20-3 lead and went on to beat Buena Vista 78-65 Saturday night in the final game of the Pioneer Tipoff Classic in Williams Fieldhouse.
The Pioneers made seven of their first nine shots in taking that early 17-point lead. UWP, on a Curt Hanson three-point shot with one second left, held a 45-26 halftime advantage. The Pioneers doubled up the Beavers for their largest lead at 62-31 and still led by 20 with two minutes to play. The 13-point final margin was the closest Buena Vista came since the score was 17-3.
The Pioneers improved to 2-0, while the Beavers fell to 1-1 after the battle of two teams that received votes in the D3hoops.com preseason poll.
Charlie Lohoff earned tournament MVP honors after his 12-point, 7-rebound and 6-assist performance Saturday. He also totalled 14 points and 8 rebounds in Friday's 75-60 win over Viterbo. Mike Jamerson, who had 19 points vs. Viterbo, joined Lohoff on the all-tournament team.
The freshman Hanson scored 19 points, making 7-8 from the field, including all four three-point attempts. Jeff Skemp added 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Bo Richter scored 11 points for the Pioneers, who shot 63 percent in the first half and 54 percent overall.
BV's Travis Person, who had 9 points Saturday, was named to the all-tournament team. Matt Cleveland led the Beavers Saturday with 10 points.
Also making the all-tournament squad were Ripon's Bo Johnson, who had 21 points Saturday in the Red Hawk's 76-65 victory over Viterbo, and the V-Hawks Jeremy Fradette, who had 24 points and 11 rebounds Saturday.
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