Big Second Half Lifts UW-Fox

UW-Fox 91 UW-Rock 72

The UW-Fox men’s basketball team defeated UW-Rock 91-72 to pick up the non-conference home victory.  The Cyclones quickly erased a 42-44 halftime deficit with a 12-4 run to start the second half.  Cameron Schaefer started the rally with 2 free-throws and Sam Schreiber capped it off by knocking down one of his 2 three-point field goals.  

Jon Schlaver scored 12 first half points to pace the Cyclones early.  He got help from reserve Nathan TeGrootenhuis who knocked down both of his shots for 5 points, and grabbed 4 first half rebounds.  The Cyclones nemesis was rebounding in the opening half.  UW-Rock converted 5 offensive rebounds into 10 points.

First year player Chase Hawley had a career high 12 points off the bench for UW-Fox.  His steals and deflections on defense were converted into transition lay-ups, which helped push the Cyclone lead into double digits.  Joe Perez also scored 7 second half points as he connected on all three of his field goal attempts.

For the game Schlaver led UW-Fox with 16 points and 5 rebounds.  Schaefer and Schreiber also finished with 12 points apiece.  Schaefer also recorded 3 assists and 4 steals. 

UW-Fox shot 62% in the win and converted 20/29 free-throw attempts.  They also forced the Rattlers into 25 turnovers for the game.

The Cyclones move to 8-2 (5-0) on the season.  They return to action on Monday night when they host UW-Manitowoc at 7:30pm.  The Blue Devils are also 4-0 in the WCC-East.