River Falls, Wis. (uwrfsports.com) – The UW-River Falls men's basketball team hosted UW-Eau Claire at Page Arena on Wednesday night.The Falcons, is solid fashion, take care of the Blugolds of UW-Eau Claire and notching their 16th win overall and their 7th conference win of the season. Five Falcons scored in double figures as they pulled away late to take the 77-61 victory over the Blugolds.
 
THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: UW-River Falls: 77 , UW-Eau Claire: 61
Location: Page Arena, River Falls, Wisconsin
Record: UW-River Falls: 16-7, 7-6 WIAC, UW-Eau Claire 11-13, 3-10 WIAC.
 
WHAT HAPPENED

• A tightly contested game early saw the Falcons up 12-9 after Matt Keller hit from beyond the arc.
• Another Matt Keller 3-pointer with 3:25 left in the first half would increase the Falcon lead to 28-20.
• The Blugolds would narrow the gap with a layup from Cole Rabedeaux getting Eau Claire within 3. Falcons lead 30-27 with 3 minutes to play in the half.
• After a jump shot fell for the Falcons' Brennan Witt with just 2 seconds remaining in the half, the Falcons would take a 35-32 lead into Falcons would increase their lead throughout the 2nd half, a jumpshot from Clay Seifert at 13:11 of the second half would put the Falcons up 5.
• The Falcon lead would hit double digits after a shot from beyond the arc from Alex Herink hit nothing but nylon to increase the lead to 10 point. Falcons lead 54-44 at 12:49 of the 2nd half.
• After a pair of free throws were knocked down by the Falcons' Devin Buckley, the Falcons maintained their double digit lead and had 63-51 lead with just under 7 minutes to play in the game.
• The Falcons stretched out their lead after a pair of Julian Jackson free throws put the Falcons 16 with 5:24 to play.
• The Falcons closed out the Blugolds by a final of 77-61.

  
IN-DEPTH LOOK

• Brennan Witt led the Falcons with 15 points and was 6-11 from the field.
• Julian Jackson also added 14 points to the Falcon effort.
• As a team, the Falcons were 27-58 (46.6 percent) from the floor. They made 6 three point shots and were 17-21 from the charity stripe.

 
THE OPPOSITION

• George Diekelman led the way for the Blugolds as he put up 20 points. 
• Chriss Duff also contributed 9 points in the Blugolds defeat.
• The Blugolds shot 24-59 (40.7 percent) from the field and were 9-11 as a team from the charity stripe.

 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Falcons take to the road for their final regular season game against UW-Platteville on Saturday, Feb. 17. Tip Time: 7:00 PM.