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December 03, 2005
  

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UW-Oshkosh 65, UW-Superior 55

Superior, Wis. — The UW-Oshkosh men's basketball team jumped out to a 27-12 lead and held on to defeat UW-Superior, 65-55, on Saturday (Dec. 3) in Superior.

Tied 12-12, UW-Oshkosh scored 15 straight points, including six by Kerry Gibson, to take a 27-12 advantage with 5:40 left in the first half. The Titans went to intermission leading 29-20.

UW-Oshkosh (2-2/1-1 WIAC) increased its lead to 17 points twice in the second half, counts of 37-20 with 15:40 left in the game and 55-38 with 5:57 remaining in the contest. The closest UW-Superior (3-2/0-2 WIAC) got to the Titans was a 60-52 count with 1:08 left in the game.

Jim Capelle led UW-Oshkosh in scoring with 25 points. Capelle made seven of his 12 shots from the field and nine of his 10 tries from the free throw line. Capelle sank two of his three shots behind the three-point line.

UW-Oshkosh also received 16 points and five rebounds from Andy Jahnke and 10 points and six rebounds from Gibson.

UW-Superior was led by Leonard Cobb's 20 points and nine rebounds. The Yellowjackets also received 10 points and two rebounds from Tyler Hildebrandt and eight points and seven rebounds from Brandon Ely.

UW-Oshkosh shot just 38.5 percent (20-52) from the field. The Titans also shot 36.4 percent (8-22) behind the three-point line and 81 percent (17-21) from the free throw stripe. UW-Oshkosh turned the basketball over just four times in the contest.

UW-Superior (3-2/0-2 WIAC) shot 37.7 percent (20-53) from the field, including 53.3 (8-15) behind three-point line. The Yellowjackets shot 77.8 percent (7-9) from the free throw line. UW-Superior had 14 turnovers in the game and posted a 39-28 rebounding advantage.


News release submitted by UW-Oshkosh on Dec 03, 2005 at 10:10 PM
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