UW-Fox Gets Road Win

Chris Searl hit 2 free-throws with :06 seconds left to seal a 51-47 Cyclone win on Wednesday night at UW-Washington.  It was Searl’s first game action since he aggravated a lingering knee injury back in November.  

The Cyclones built on a 21-16 halftime lead early in the second half.  A Korey Jagiello basket gave them a 34-24 lead with 12:48 left in the game.  However, the Wildcats slowly chipped away at the lead and tied the score at 40-40 with 5:29 left.  

Over the next two minutes the Cyclones would go on a 6-0 run keyed by two Jagiello baskets and capped off by a Travis Puyleart driving lay-up.  Once again the Cyclones couldn’t put UW-Washington away.  A basket with :37 seconds remaining made the score 49-47, setting up Searl’s game clinching free-throws.

The Cyclones defense limited the Wildcats to 1/18 3-point shooting (5.6%) for the game.  UW-Fox struggled from long distance as well, but shot 54% (13/24) overall in the second half.  The Cyclones also had a 34-22 rebounding advantage for the game.

Jagiello finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds to lead UW-Fox.  Fellow sophomore Travis Puyleart scored 14 points and had a career high 9 rebounds.  

UW-Fox improves their overall record to 13-1, 7-0 in the WCC-East.  They return to action on Friday night against Fox Valley Technical College at 8pm in the UW-Fox Fieldhouse.

01/18/2012

UW-Fox Beats UW-Baraboo

The UW-Fox men’s basketball team used a strong second half to defeat UW-Baraboo 62-43 on Friday night.  The Cyclones got 16 second half points from Travis Puyleart, who went on a 10-0 run of his own midway through the second half to help catapult the Cyclones to the victory.

UW-Fox had only 9 turnovers in the game, their best performance of the season in that category, and held the Fighting Saints to 32% shooting in recording their 12th victory.  

Puyleart led the Cyclones with 24 points and 4 steals.  Casey Kelder and Eli vonBrevern each scored 8 points for UW-Fox.  Kelder also grabbed 9 rebounds, and vonBrevern 8 for the Cyclones.  The two pulled down 12 of the Cyclones 20 offensive rebounds.

With the win the Cyclones run their overall record to 12-1.  They return to action in January.

12/30/2011

Cyclones Race Past Chargers

Travis Puyleart scored a career high 22 points to lead the UW-Fox men’s basketball team to a 79-45 win over visiting UW-Barron in the first day of the UW-Fox JUCO Classic.  The Cyclones hit seven 3-point field goals, and held the Chargers to 25% shooting, in the first half to jump out to a 37-15 halftime lead.  

Although their shooting cooled off in the second half, the Cyclones got extra possessions on the strength of 25 offensive rebounds.  They also forced 23 Charger turnovers.

Korey Jagiello and Adam Kaminske also scored in double figures for UW-Fox with 12 and 11 points respectively.  Eli vonBrevern led UW-Fox with 10 rebounds.  Kaminske rounded out a great all around performance with 4 assists and 5 steals.

With the win the Cyclones run their record to 11-1 overall (6-0 WCC-East).  They are back in action today (12/30) when they host UW-Baraboo at 5pm in the UW-Fox Fieldhouse.

12/29/2011