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February 17, 2004
  

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UW-Whitewater 82, UW-La Crosse 75

Whitewater, WI —


Men's Basketball ... Warhawks Defeat La Crosse to Remain Tied in First Place
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Played at Kachel Gymnasium in Williams Center in Whitewater, WI

Final Score: UW-Whitewater 82, UW-La Crosse 75

1 2 Total
UWL 38 37 75
WW 43 39 82

Scoring Leaders:
WW: Matt Jones (jr, G, Milwaukee/Bay View), 21 points
Ernest Williams (sr, G, Milwaukee/Marquette), 19 points
UWL: Casey Taggatz (sr, G), 29 points
Joe Bemis (so, F), 14 points

Team Stats:
FG shooting: WW 24-45, 53%, UWL 27-47, 57%
FT shooting: WW 27-37, 73%, UWL 15-20, 75%
3-PT shooting: WW 7-14, 50%, UWL 6-10, 60%
Rebounds: WW 24 (Nick Smith (sr, F, Greenfield) 4), UWL 25 (Joe Bemis, Ben Bemis 6)
Assists: WW 15 (Jeremy Manchester (so, G, Racine/St. Catherine’s) 4), UWL 15 (Josh Hall, Chris Ask, 4)
Steals: WW 8 (3 tied with 2), UWL 6 (B. Bemis, Taggatz 2)
Blocked Shots: WW 3 (3 tied with 1), UWL 1 (B. Bemis)
Turnovers: WW 15, UWL 18
Fouls: WW 19 (Toellner DQ’d), UWL 30 (B. Bemis, J. Bemis, Joe Werner DQ’d)
Technical Fouls: none

Notes:
Whitewater is ranked 15th in the most recent D3hoops.com poll and is now 20-4 overall, 11-4 in the WIAC ... La Crosse falls to 10-14 overall and 3-12 in the WIAC ... La Crosse overcame a 6-point deficit in the second half with a 9-2 run to give them a 55-54 lead with 11:59 left in the game ... The Warhawks and Eagles battled back and forth, with 7 lead changes in the second half ... Whitewater eventually took the lead for good on an Ernest Williams 3-pointers with 8:01 left ... Casey Taggatz tied his season high score with 29 points ... Last time the Warhawks faced UW-La Crosse was on January 21, 2004 when the Warhawks won 92-62 despite being tied at halftime.

UW-Whitewater's Next Game:
The Warhawks’ next game Tuesday, February 21 against UW-Stout in Menomonee. The start time of the game is 5:00 PM.

For Additional Information: Pat Miller, UW-W coach, (262) 472-1146
UW-W men’s basketball web site: www.uww.edu/athletics/mbasketball.cfm
WIAC web site: www.uwsa.edu/wiac

UW-La Crosse vs Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater (02/17/04 at Whitewater)

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Box Score 

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Official Basketball Box Score
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Official Basketball Box Score
UW-La Crosse vs Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater
02/17/04 7:00 at Whitewater
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VISITORS: UW-La Crosse 10-14, 3-12
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
03 Taggatz, Casey...... * 10-17   6-7    3-4    0  3  3   2  29  1  4  0  2  40
15 Hall, Josh.......... *  3-3    0-0    2-3    0  2  2   3   8  4  2  0  0  31
34 Werner, Joe......... *  3-6    0-0    0-0    0  2  2   5   6  1  1  0  1  18
42 Ask, Chris.......... *  2-7    0-3    4-4    0  2  2   2   8  4  5  0  0  37
50 Bemis, Joe.......... *  4-6    0-0    6-8    1  5  6   5  14  2  1  0  0  30
12 Scheunemann, Jason..    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  1  1  0  0   3
22 Kemp, Jason.........    2-2    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   4   4  0  0  0  1  14
32 Klaas, Scott........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   2   0  0  2  0  0   8
40 Bemis, Ben..........    3-6    0-0    0-1    1  5  6   5   6  1  1  1  2  16
45 Hayes, John.........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  1  1  0  0   3
   TEAM................                         1  2  3
   Totals..............   27-47   6-10  15-20   3 22 25  30  75 15 18  1  6 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-22 63.6%   2nd Half: 13-25 52.0%   Game: 57.4%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  4-5  80.0%   2nd Half:  2-5  40.0%   Game: 60.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-7  85.7%   2nd Half:  9-13 69.2%   Game: 75.0%    2

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HOME TEAM: Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater 20-4, 11-4
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
03 Williams, Ernest.... *  7-11   5-8    0-0    0  3  3   2  19  2  0  0  1  34
04 Saunders, Danny..... *  2-2    1-1    0-0    0  1  1   1   5  1  2  0  0  13
05 Smith, Nick......... *  4-6    0-0    1-3    1  3  4   3   9  1  2  1  2  19
22 Jones, Matt......... *  4-8    1-2   12-17   0  2  2   2  21  2  1  0  0  36
25 Bossingham, Rob..... *  0-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   3
11 Riley, Giovanni.....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  3  0  0  0   8
12 Manchester, Jeremy..    2-2    0-0    3-3    1  1  2   2   7  4  4  0  2  19
15 Purvis, Jeremy......    0-1    0-1    0-0    1  0  1   0   0  0  0  0  0   7
23 Miggins, Tony.......    1-3    0-1    2-4    0  0  0   0   4  0  0  0  1  14
32 Griffin, Angelo.....    1-2    0-0    5-6    0  1  1   4   7  0  2  1  0  21
33 Williams, Melvin....    1-5    0-1    0-0    0  1  1   0   2  1  3  0  0  13
42 Homa, Eric..........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
44 Toellner, Mike......    2-4    0-0    4-4    0  3  3   5   8  1  1  1  2  12
   TEAM................                         1  5  6
   Totals..............   24-45   7-14  27-37   4 20 24  19  82 15 15  3  8 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-23 65.2%   2nd Half:  9-22 40.9%   Game: 53.3%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  4-7  57.1%   2nd Half:  3-7  42.9%   Game: 50.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  9-14 64.3%   2nd Half: 18-23 78.3%   Game: 73.0%    5

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Officials: Brad Pressentin, Paul Barno, John Kunz
Technical fouls: UW-La Crosse-None. Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater-None.
Attendance: 643
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
UW-La Crosse..................   38   37  -   75
Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater.   43   39  -   82
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News release submitted by UW-Whitewater on Feb 17, 2004 at 10:23 PM
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