UW-Fox defeated UW-Waukesha 89-81 on Wednesday night in a hard fought game between the WCC-East rivals. The two programs have combined to win the last 4 WCC tournament championships. The teams combined for just 17 turnovers, and each shot over 50%, in a clean and competitive junior college basketball game.
The Cougars used a 5-0 run in the last minute of the half to close a double digit UW-Fox lead to 43-35. Cameron Schaefer and Sam Schreiber led the Cyclones in the opening half with 14 and 10 points respectively.
In the second half UW-Fox quickly pushed the lead to double digits behind some inspired post play from Jon Schlaver. The 6-8 center scored 10 points in the opening minutes of the half, but was forced to spend much of the half on the bench with foul trouble before fouling out with just under 6 minutes to play.
UW-Waukesha fought their way back on the strength of post player Traivione Hills and guard Brandon St. George. The two were nearly unstoppable in stretches of the second half. A three point basket by St. George pushed the Cougars to a 69-63 lead with just under 10 minutes remaining in the game.
Schaefer's deep three-point field goal from the right corner off a Trevor Krizenesky assist ignited a UW-Fox rally that would see the Cyclones take the lead for good a few minutes later on a Krizenesky free-throw. On the very next possession Schaefer turned a steal into an easy bucket to push the Cyclones out to a 3 point lead.
Freshmen Marcus Jensen and Nick Mohl would come up huge in the last 4 minutes for the Cyclones. Mohl caught a Krizenesky pass in transition and converted an old-fashioned 3 point play before nailing a jumper at the end of the shot clock a minute later. Jensen grabbed 3 late defensive rebounds and had a 3 point play of his own off an offensive rebound. Krizenesky sealed the game with a deep three with :18 seconds left that gave UW-Fox an 87-81 lead.
Hills finished with 21 points and St. George with 19 to lead the Cougars. Schaefer had 21 points and Krizenesky 20 to lead UW-Fox. Schreiber finished with 15 points and Schlaver 14 to aid the Cyclone attack. Jensen grabbed 8 rebounds.
The win was number 200 for UW-Fox head coach Lee Rabas. He previously was 103-56 in 7 seasons as the head boys basketball coach at Xavier High School. His career record currently stands at 200-69 as a head coach.
With the win the Cyclones move to 4-0 (3-0) on the season. The Cyclones will travel to Wausau on Saturday for a non-conference game with WCC-West power UW-Marathon. Tip-off is set for 3pm.
The Cougars used a 5-0 run in the last minute of the half to close a double digit UW-Fox lead to 43-35. Cameron Schaefer and Sam Schreiber led the Cyclones in the opening half with 14 and 10 points respectively.
In the second half UW-Fox quickly pushed the lead to double digits behind some inspired post play from Jon Schlaver. The 6-8 center scored 10 points in the opening minutes of the half, but was forced to spend much of the half on the bench with foul trouble before fouling out with just under 6 minutes to play.
UW-Waukesha fought their way back on the strength of post player Traivione Hills and guard Brandon St. George. The two were nearly unstoppable in stretches of the second half. A three point basket by St. George pushed the Cougars to a 69-63 lead with just under 10 minutes remaining in the game.
Schaefer's deep three-point field goal from the right corner off a Trevor Krizenesky assist ignited a UW-Fox rally that would see the Cyclones take the lead for good a few minutes later on a Krizenesky free-throw. On the very next possession Schaefer turned a steal into an easy bucket to push the Cyclones out to a 3 point lead.
Freshmen Marcus Jensen and Nick Mohl would come up huge in the last 4 minutes for the Cyclones. Mohl caught a Krizenesky pass in transition and converted an old-fashioned 3 point play before nailing a jumper at the end of the shot clock a minute later. Jensen grabbed 3 late defensive rebounds and had a 3 point play of his own off an offensive rebound. Krizenesky sealed the game with a deep three with :18 seconds left that gave UW-Fox an 87-81 lead.
Hills finished with 21 points and St. George with 19 to lead the Cougars. Schaefer had 21 points and Krizenesky 20 to lead UW-Fox. Schreiber finished with 15 points and Schlaver 14 to aid the Cyclone attack. Jensen grabbed 8 rebounds.
The win was number 200 for UW-Fox head coach Lee Rabas. He previously was 103-56 in 7 seasons as the head boys basketball coach at Xavier High School. His career record currently stands at 200-69 as a head coach.
With the win the Cyclones move to 4-0 (3-0) on the season. The Cyclones will travel to Wausau on Saturday for a non-conference game with WCC-West power UW-Marathon. Tip-off is set for 3pm.
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