UW-Fox Beats UW-Sheboygan in Season Opener

The UW-Fox men’s basketball team opened the 2012-2013 campaign with a 76-61 win over UW-Sheboygan.  The game was the season opener and WCC-East opener for both teams.

The Cyclones jumped out to an early 6-0 lead as Brillion alum Trevor Krizenesky found former Olympian conference rival Jon Braeger for two transition lay-ups.  Krizenesky handed out 6 assists on the night while recording only 1 turnover.

UW-Sheboygan got their offense untracked with the help of guard Wes Meinen, who finished with a game high 24 points.  The Wombats enjoyed a few short leads during the opening half, but the Cyclones closed the half on a 10-3 run to take a 36-31 lead.

UW-Fox turned several early second half stops and turnovers into easy baskets and quickly built a double digit lead that they would maintain throughout the second half.  The Cyclones helped their cause by going 9/9 from the free-throw line, and received great contributions off the bench from Nick August and Matt Lehner.

Five Cyclones finished in double figures led by Krizenesky and Braeger who each scored 20 points.  August and Lehner came off the bench to chip in 12 and 10 respectively, while Trevor Smith grabbed 6 rebounds to go along with 10 points.

With the win UW-Fox moves to 1-0 on the season, 1-0 in the WCC-East.  They will host UW-Richland on Saturday at 3pm in the UW-Fox Fieldhouse.  The Roadrunners edged UW-Fox 70-67 in the WCC Tournament semi-finals last season to end the Cyclones season.

November Basketball Opportunities at UW-Fox

Parent-Child Clinics
Come and learn the game of basketball with your young children.  Play dribbling games, perform drills, and practice basic skills.

Sunday November 11, 2012

Kind. - 1st Grade / 2:00-3:30pm

2nd - 3rd Grade / 3:30-5:00pm

Saturday November 17, 2012

Kind. - 1st Grade / 9:00-10:30am

2nd - 3rd Grade / 10:30am-Noon

Cost:  $15 includes 1 child and 1 parent.  $5 for each additional child or parent.

Fall Skill Clinics

Come and work on your basketball skills with the UW-Fox men's basketball team and coaching staff.  Our focus will be on offensive skills, rebounding, and on ball defense.

Saturday November 24, 2012

Kind.-1st Grade (COED) / 10:00-11:45am

2nd-3rd Grade (COED) / Noon-2:00pm

4th-5th Grade (COED) / 2:00-4:00pm

Cost:  $15/participant

Discounts:  $5 if participant attended another UW-Fox Basketball camp or clinic in 2012.

For more information contact head coach Lee Rabas.  You can call him at 209.6062, or reach him by e-mail uwfoxmbb@yahoo.com and lee.rabas@uwc.edu.

2012 UW-Fox Summer Basketball Camps

The UW-Fox Men's Basketball Program will host basketball camps this summer for boys and girls in grades Kindergarten through 9th grade.  We will host 9 camps over a four week period lasting from the end of July through the middle of August.  

Our camps are run in the middle of the week freeing up family time on the weekends.  Our camps are also significantly less expensive than other camps run in the area when you factor in the total amount of time your camper will spend with us for the cost.  We look forward to working with young people who want to become better basketball players this off-season. 

For more information, or an entry form, please contact head coach Lee Rabas:
Phone - 209.6062
E-mail - lee.rabas@uwc.edu
Camp Schedule: 

July 24-26
Boys 8^th-9^th grades 9:00am-Noon  $40 

Girls 8^th-9^th grades 12:30pm-3:30pm  $40

July 31-Aug. 2 
Boys 6^th-7^th grades 9:00am-Noon  $40
Boys 4^{th -}5^th grades 12:30pm-3:30pm  $40

August 7-9 
Girls 2^nd-3^rd grades 9:00am-11:00am  $30
Girls 4^th-5^th grades 11:30am-1:30pm  $30
Girls 6^th-7^th grades 2:00pm-4:00pm  $30

August 14-16 
Boys 2^nd-3^rd grades 9:00am-Noon  $40
COED Kind.-1^st grades 12:30pm-2:30pm  $30

** take $5 off per child if signing up more than 1 family member **

Camp Features:

• Energetic and enthusiastic instruction in individual and team concepts.
• Offensive skill instruction, including a technical breakdown of shooting.
• Demonstrations of skills & drills kids can work on at home on their own.
• Contests that are skill related, and competitive games.
• Camp t-shirt for all campers.

Cyclones Earn Conference Honors

Travis Puyleart (Green Bay Preble) and Korey Jagiello (New London) have been named to the WCC-East All-Conference 1st Team for 2011-2012, while head coach Lee Rabas earned his 3rd Coach of the Year award.  The two sophomores and their coach helped lead UW-Fox to a second straight conference championship this past season, a 22-3 overall record, and a berth in the WCC Tournament semi-finals.

Puyleart averaged 13.4 points and 5 rebounds per game in WCC-East play.  He shot 35% from three-point range, and turned into a top perimeter defender.  He hit clutch shots in a 21 point effort at UW-Waukesha to seal at least a tie for the conference title, and had a career night with 38 points (13/21 shooting, 7/12 from three) to earn the title outright in beating UW-Sheboygan.

Jagiello was one of the conferences most consistent post players on both offense and defense.  He averaged 13.4 points on 61% field goal shooting, pulled down 6.8 rebounds per game, and drew 15 charges on defense.  He recorded 3 double-doubles in WCC-East play.

Rabas was named the WCC-East coach of the year for the third time in 3 years.  He helped guide the Cyclones to a second WCC-East conference championship and 22-3 overall record.  During his three seasons at the helm of the UW-Fox program the Cyclones have posted a 70-10 overall record, and a 32-4 conference record.

Cyclones Fall in WCC Semi-Final

(February 25, 2012) Wausau, WI -

The UW-Fox men's basketball team came up short in its bid to repeat as WCC Tournament champions, falling to UW-Richland 70-67 on Saturday at UW-Marathon in the tournament semi-finals.  In a game that saw 24 lead changes and 11 ties, the Road Runners made the last few plays to earn the victory over the Cyclones.

Travis Puyleart, who led the Cyclones with 21 points, connected on a 3-point play to give the Cyclones a 67-66 lead with under a minute to play.  However, on their next possession, UW-Richland guard Ervin Johnson recovered his own errant pass in a loose ball scramble, and converted a lay-up to give the Road Runners a 1 point lead.  Johnson would force a turnover on the Cyclones next possession and convert it into a lay-up with 0:12 seconds remaining, for a 70-67 UW-Richland lead.  

UW-Fox would get two shots to tie the game in the last 0:12 seconds, but neither would fall.  The Cyclones struggled shooting most of the game, converting only 10 of 31 three-point attempts.

Despite committing 12 first half turnovers, and giving up 10 offensive rebounds, the Cyclones led at the half 35-34.  UW-Fox would take much better care of the ball in the second half, and only give up 1 offensive rebound, but their shooting woes would prove to be too much to overcome.  The Cyclones shot 34% in the second half, and only 37% for the game. 

With the loss the Cyclones end the season 22-3 overall.  Despite the tournament loss the Cyclones still claimed another regular season conference championship.  The back to back titles are a first in school history, as is the third consecutive 20 win season.

2012 WCC Men's Basketball Tournament Summary

2012 Wisconsin Collegiate Conference (WCC)

MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Saturday February 18, 2012 (1st Round)

#5 UW-Sheboygan 70 at #4 UW-Marinette 65

#6 UW-Washington 81 at #3 UW-Manitowoc 68

#7 UW-Fond du Lac 72 at #2 UW-Waukesha 101

#5 UW-Rock 62 at #4 UW-Baraboo 57

#6 UW-Barron 68 at #6 UW-Marshfield 74

Wednesday February 22, 2012 (Quarterfinals)

#5 UW-Sheboygan 68 at #1 UW-Fox Valley 74

#3 UW-Manitowoc 70 at #2 UW-Waukesha 77

#5 UW-Rock 54 at #1 UW-Marathon 59

#3 UW-Marshfield 73 at #2 UW-Richland 74

Saturday February 25, 2012 (Semi-finals hosted by:  UW-Marathon)

UW-Fox Valley 67 Vs. UW-Richland 70

UW-Waukesha 82 Vs. UW-Marathon 71

Sunday February 26, 2012 (Championship)

UW-Waukesha 74 Vs. UW-Richland 68 (OT)

2012 WCC All-Tournament Team

Travis Puyleart..........UW-Fox Valley

Otis Brown................UW-Richland

Will Reiche................UW-Marathon

Carl Robinson...........UW-Waukesha

Chris Prushiek..........UW-Waukesha

Cyclones Advance In 2012 WCC Tournament

(February 22, 2012)

The UW-Fox men’s basketball team battled back from an early 12 point deficit on Wednesday night to post a 74-68 win over UW-Sheboygan in a WCC Tournament quarterfinal game.  With the win the Cyclones advance to the tournaments final four, which will be held in Wausau at UW-Marathon beginning on Saturday.

Alex Nelson’s 3 pointer in transition gave the Wombats an early 22-10 lead.  Chris Searl, seeing his first action off the bench since dislocating his knee on January 28th, sparked the Cyclone offense with two assists culminating in UW-Fox lay-ups.  Those lay-ups started a Cyclone run that would see them take a 32-31 lead on a Travis Puyleart 3-point play with 4:18 left in the first half.  UW-Sheboygan countered with a run of their own to take a 38-36 halftime lead.

In the 2nd half the Cyclones got a lift off the bench from guard Adam Kaminske, who scored 14 points on the night, hitting all 5 shots he attempted.  His 3-pointer with 10:33 remaining gave UW-Fox a lead it wouldn’t relinquish, and a little later his 3 point play  would push the lead to 5 with under 8 minutes to play.  

Perhaps even bigger was the job he did defensively on reining WCC player of the year Tim Schwoerer, who scored 22 points in the first half.  Kaminske helped hold him to only 2 points in the second half, which was key to the Cyclones win.

Travis Puyleart led the Cyclones with 21 points and 7 rebounds.  Korey Jagiello and Tanner Hackl provided a nice one two scoring punch in the post.  Jagiello finished with 16 points and 7 rebounds and Hackl 10 points and 7 rebounds.  Trevor Smith handed out 3 assists and recorded 0 turnovers in 35 plus minutes of action.  All 5 of his points came in the games final minutes, including a driving lay-up with the shot clock inside of 5 seconds, and 3 free-throws in the final minute.

The UW-Fox men will play UW-Richland in a WCC Tournament semi-final game on Saturday night in Wausau at UW-Marathon.  Tip-off is set for 6pm.

Story on UW-Fox Athletics Web Page

Post-Crescent story on win over UW-Sheboygan

UW-Fox Downs UW-Manitowoc

(February 13, 2012)

In their regular season finale on Monday night the UW-Fox men jumped out to a 41-23 halftime lead, and held on in the second half for a 74-57 win over UW-Manitowoc.  With the win the UW-Fox men finish the regular season 21-2 overall, 11-1 in the WCC-East.  The win ended a grueling 8 day stretch that saw the Cyclones play 4 games, including 3 on the road.

Post-Crescent Article on victory over UW-Manitowoc

Cyclones Beat UW-Marshfield

(February 11, 2012)

On Saturday the UW-Fox men's basketball team (20-2, 10-1) defeated UW-Marshfield 64-58 at Marshfield.

The Cyclones knocked down five three-point field goals in the second half, and got 18 points after intermission from Travis Puyleart, to help key the victory.

The Cyclones held UW-Marshfield to 2/18 shooting from 3-point range (11%) and 32% field goal shooting overall.

UW-Fox finished 17/22 (77%) from the free-throw line, with Puyleart connecting on all 8 of his second half attempts.

The host Marauders had four players in double figures, but the visiting Cyclones, got 26 points from Puyleart.

Korey Jagiello and Trevor Smith also chipped in with 8 points each.

The 2012 WCC-East champion Cyclones return to action on Monday night.

The Cyclones travel to UW-Manitowoc for a 7:30pm tip-off.

Cyclones Defeat UW-Marshfield