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Jareese Williams For Three vs. Winona State
Alec Schoof, UIU Student Photographer
71
Upper Iowa UIU 2-5,0-3 NSIC
99
Winner Wayne St. (NE) WSC 4-3,4-1 NSIC
Upper Iowa UIU
2-5,0-3 NSIC
71
Final
99
Wayne St. (NE) WSC
4-3,4-1 NSIC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Upper Iowa UIU 32 39 71
Wayne St. (NE) WSC 48 51 99

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Clint Cohen, Sports Communication GA

Upper Iowa Drops Game One to Wayne State

Upper Iowa fell to Wayne State by a 99-71 count on Friday evening. The Wildcats led in the contest wire-to-wire. With the defeat, Upper Iowa falls to 2-5 overall, 0-3 in the NSIC.

Upper Iowa fell to Wayne State by a 99-71 count on Friday evening. The Wildcats led in the contest wire-to-wire. With the defeat, Upper Iowa falls to 2-5 overall, 0-3 in the NSIC.

Wayne State used their home court advantage by immediately jumping out to a 10-0 run to begin the game. Upper Iowa did not hesitate to retaliate, pushing out on a 19-9 advantage of their own to tie the game at 19 all with 10:43 left in the half. Six points from Dylan Jones in addition to a trio of takeaways by the UIU backcourt and a cumulative 6-10 (60.0%) rate from the floor fueled the stretch for the Peacocks.

The Wildcats then took off on an 18-4 stretch including 11 unanswered points to go up 46-29 with 3:10 to go in the frame. Jordan Jansen scored six points and came down with three boards during the run helping propel WSC to their largest lead of the half. Jansen officially registered a double-double at the 4:57 mark, he finished the half with 12 points on a 6-8 (75%) rate from the floor to go along with 11 rebounds, two assists and a block. Wayne State remained ahead 48-32 at the break. The Duax brothers excelled on the defensive end as Lucas and Max Duax combined for five first-half steals. 

An 11-2 Wildcats' run put WSC up 70-44 with 13:28 to go. Jareese Williams rattled off eight straight points in response to cut down the Peacocks' deficit to 19. Wayne extended their lead to as high as 29 with 5:20 remaining after nine unanswered points put WSC up 89-60. The two teams' reserves closed out the game giving Sam Allen the opportunity to score his first points of the season and ending the game with a 99-71 final score.

STATS OF THE GAME… 

  • WSC outrebounded UIU 54-23.

  • Upper Iowa forced 12 turnovers while commiting just seven on the opposite end.

  • The Wildcats (52) doubled the Peacocks (26) points scored in the paint.

PEACOCKS OF THE GAME… 

  • Williams scored 15 points on a 5-9 (55.6%) rate from the field and a 4-7 (57.1%) from downtown along with four boards.

  • Jake Hilmer registered nine points and four assists.

  • Lucas Duax recorded nine points, four boards, and three steals. 

UP NEXT… A rematch is set to take place Saturday, Jan. 22 at 2:30 p.m.


 
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