The UW-Fox men’s basketball team struggled defensively on Wednesday night in falling to WCC-East rival UW-Waukesha 84-91. The Cyclones allowed the Cougars to shoot 42% from the three-point line, 44% overall, and gave up 15 offensive rebounds in the game. They also turned the ball over 14 times.
Despite playing poorly in the first half the Cyclones found themselves up 45-39. However, the Cougars started fast in the second half putting together a 12-2 run that gave them a 47-51 lead just over 3 minutes in. The Cyclones last lead came on a Jon Braeger lay-up with 11:42 remaining making the score 60-59.
UW-Waukesha would never lead by more than 5 points until the final score. Down 79-83, with 1:35 left in the game, Cyclones guard Jon Braeger made a 3-point field goal and was fouled. However, he missed the free-throw that would have tied the game. The Cougars would make 8 straight free-throws the rest of the way to seal the victory.
Braeger led four Cyclones in double figures with 34 points. Traivione Hills chipped in with 18 points, while Marcus Jensen finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Travis Crayton led UW-Waukesha with 22 points, and the Cougars shot 89% (17/19) from the free-throw line for the game, 11/13 in the second half.
The Cyclones fall to 2-1 overall, 1-1 in the WCC-East. They return to action on Friday when they host UW-Marathon in a non-conference game at 7:30pm.
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