Monday, November 17, 2014

UW-Fox Beats Marinette

On Monday night the UW-Fox men’s basketball team welcomed UW-Marinette and their 5-0 record to Menasha.  That perfect start for the Buccaneers included a 26 point win over Fox Valley Tech, at UW-Fox, last week.  The trip home wouldn’t be as nice for the Buccaneers on this night, as the Cyclones played their first complete game of the season in beating UW-Marinette 99-56.

Jon Braeger and Traivione Hills each scored 15 points to lead the Cyclones in the opening half.  Chase Hawley, who recorded 7 assists for the game, set up Hills for a nifty lay-up at the halftime buzzer to give the Cyclones a 46-30 lead, and more importantly momentum heading into the locker room.

UW-Fox began the second half with a 15-8 run to open up a 61-38 lead with 15:19 remaining in the game.  A Marcus Jensen lay-up, set up by a crisp pass from Braeger, who recorded a game high 9 assists, gave the Cyclones a 73-46 lead with just under 9 minutes to play.  

The Cyclones would gradually pull away throughout the rest of the game.  Seth Wallace, Ta Woods, and Jensen combined to score 23 points off the bench in the second half to spark the UW-Fox attack.

The Cyclones shot 59% (36/61) for the game, 47% (9/19) from three-point range.  The 19 three-point attempts were a season low for UW-Fox.  They also held the Buccaneers to just 25% (6/24) three-point shooting for the game.

Braeger led the Cyclones with 30 points, while Hills finished with 20.  Wesley Krauss also netted 9 points for UW-Fox in his first career start, and Jose Elijah chipped in with 8 points to go along with his outstanding defense.

With the win the Cyclones move to 4-1 overall, 2-1 in the WCC-East.   They will host UW-Sheboygan on Wednesday night for a 7pm tip-off.

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