RIVER FALLS, Wis. (uwrfsports.com) – The UW-River Falls men's basketball team were on the road on Wednesday visiting UW-La Crosse. The Falcons fell to the Eagles 72-80.
THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: UW-River Falls 72, UW-La Crosse 80
Location: Mitchell Hall, La Crosse, Wis.
Record: UWRF 7-6 (0-2 WIAC), UWL 11-1 (1-1 WIAC)
WHAT HAPPENED
- The Falcons made 13-24 (54.2 percent) field goals in the first half, including 6-10 from behind the arc. Jack Stensgard and Noah Hanson led the Falcons in the first half with 9 points each.
- UWRF gathered nine 2nd chance points on the night, six coming in the second half, off nine offensive rebounds total.
- The Falcons scored 12 points off the bench in the first half, 19 total for the game.
- UWRF went into half time down 34-37.
- The Falcons shot 48.1 percent from the field in the second half (13-27), hitting 4-11 from behind the arc. As a team, they made 8-15 from the free throw line (53.3 percent).
- Matt Keller led the Falcons with 11 points in the second half, hitting 4-5 from the field, as well as 2-4 from the free throw line.
- River Falls scored 26 points in the paint on the night.
- The Falcons scored seven points off of turnovers in the game off of six Pointer turnovers.
IN-DEPTH LOOK
- Stensgard was the team's high scorer finishing with 17 points off of 7-10 shooting, 3-5 from three point. He also recorded 5 assists.
- Keller and Hanson finished with 13 and 12 points respectively.
- Overall the Falcons went 26-51 from the floor (51 percent), 10-21 of three-pointers (47.6 percent), and 10-17 from the free throw line (58.8 percent).
THE OPPOSITION
- Wyatt Cook was the high scorer for UWL finishing with 21, shooting 8-12 from the floor and 5-9 from the free throw line.
- Overall the Pointers finished the game shooting 26-54 (48.1 percent) from the field, 7-24 (29.2 percent) from behind the arc, and 21-27 (77.8 percent) from the free throw line.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Falcons are on the road again on Saturday, Jan. 11 to take on UW-Whitewater. Game time is 5 pm.
