Box Score

Whitewater, Wis. (uwrfsports.com) – With 37-points coming from their bench, the No. 7 UW-River Falls men's basketball team won their 11^th straight win and ran away with a 90-74 victory over the UW-Whitewater Warhawks.   

THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: UW-River Falls: 90, UW-Whitewater 74
Location:  Kachel Gymnasium, Whitewater, Wisconsin
Record: UWRF: 13-1 (3-0 WIAC), UW-Whitewater 11-3 (0-3 WIAC)
 
WHAT HAPPENED

• Alex Herink helped UWRF jump out to a first half lead scoring 14 points on 6-8 shooting, and the Falcons never trailed in the second half in route to their fourth straight win over the Warhawks.
• UW-River Falls opened up the game with a 10-3 run with scores by four different Falcons.
• UW-Whitewater would close the gap to just one point with 13:08 to go in the first half with six straight points on an and-one and a three pointer.  
• UWRF established their lead once again, but the Warhawks would not back down tying the game at 25 with 5:19 to go in the first half.
• UW-Whitewater would take their first lead at 4:43 on a layup by Chris Jones.
• Herink came up big after Whitewater was back in the game with a triple at 2:44 and another at 1:08 to help the Falcons grab the lead for good. At the half, the Falcons led 39-31.
• In the second half, UW-Whitewater came within six points at 18:02, but UWRF scored eight straight points and didn't look back for the rest of the game.
• The largest lead of the game for UWRF came at 14:30 in the second half at 18 points.  
• In the second half, the team shot 15-25 (60 percent) in the second half and 18-24 (75 percent) from the charity stripe.       

 
IN-DEPTH LOOK

• Herink was the leader offensively despite just one point in the second half due to foul trouble. He finished with 15 points on 6-9 shooting and added three rebounds, two assists, and a block.
• For the game, the Falcons shot 32-57 (56.1 percent) from the floor, this is the second time this season the Falcons have shot at least 56 percent from the floor.
• Sophomore guard Clay Seifert scored 13 points for UWRF with much of his work coming from the free throw line going 7-9. He added four assists, and two steals.
• Grant Erickson had another stellar performance at the point guard position. In 32 minutes, Erickson had nine points and eight assists and zero turnovers.
• Along with Erickson, Garret Pearson, Austin Heidecker, and Brennan Witt scored nine points.
• Julian Jackson also came off the bench and scored eight points on 3-4 shooting, and grabbed five rebounds in nine minutes of action.
• UWRF had the edge in the paint, the Falcons scored 44 points in the paint, UW-Whitewater scored 36.
• The Falcons dominated the rebound battle in the game having a 45-33 advantage over the Warhawks.

THE OPPOSITION

• Whitewater was led by Derek Rongstad who scored 15 points on 6-13 shooting with of his field goals coming from the three point line.
• UW-Whitewater had many second chance opportunities having 14 of their 33 rebounds coming on the offensive glass.
• The Warhawks shot 27-69 (39.1 percent) from the floor, but just 12-21 (57.1 percent) from the free throw line.  

 
LOOKING AHEAD
UW-Stevens Point (8-5, 2-1 WIAC) comes to take on the Falcons at Karges Center on January 14^th at 5 p.m. Last season the Falcons swept the Pointers in the season series.