News Release

WHITEWATER, WI — Final Score: UW-Eau Claire 77, UW-Whitewater 76

1 2 Total
EC 27 50 77
WW 38 38 76

Scoring Leaders:
WW: Angelo Griffin (sr, Milwaukee/Bay View) 23 points
Melvin Williams (jr, Milwaukee/Riverside) 12 points
Jason Price (so, Milwaukee/Washington) 12 points

EC: Casey Drake (sr, Rhinelander) 23 points
Dan Archambault (sr, Oshkosh/West) 16 points
Will Jefferson (sr, Wausau/East) 16 points
Tyler Birkel (jr, Spring Valley) 10 points

Team Stats:
FG shooting: WW 25-59= 42.4% EC 30-65= 46.2%
FT shooting: WW 21-28 = 75.0% EC 11-12= 91.7%
3PT shooting: WW 5-13=38.5% EC 6-16= 37.5%
Rebounds: WW 29 (Griffin, Mike Toellner 6) EC 43 (Birkel, Kale Proksch 7)
Assists: WW 11 (Jeremy Manchester 4) EC 15 (Drake 6)
Steals: WW 7 (Manchester 3) EC 4 (Drake 10)
Blocked Shots: WW 6 (Williams 2) EC 1 (Birkel)
Turnovers: WW 8 EC 15
Fouls: WW 13 EC 26
Technical Fouls: none

Notes:
UW-Whitewater is now 11-4 overall, and 3-4 in the WIAC...UW-Eau Claire is 10-4 overall, and 4-2 in the WIAC...
Eau Claire's Jesse Breidenbach stole Mike Toellner's inbounds pass with 4.6 seconds left in the game, and Casey Drake tipped the ball in for the game winning basket as the game buzzer sounded... UW-Whitewater was in "Others Receiving Votes" in the D3Hoops.com basketball poll dated January 9th...Whitewater winning streak snapped at seven games... Last season the teams split their two regular season matchups with Eau Claire winning at home 80-79 in overtime on January 10th and Whitewater winning 77-57 on January 31st in Whitewater... Whitewater's longest winning streak during the 2003-2004 season was ten games. They also had an eight game winning streak in route to an overall record of 20-6.

UW-Whitewater's Next Game:
The Warhawks travel to UW-La Crosse Saturday, January 15th. Whitewater's next home game is Saturday, January 22nd versus UW-River Falls at 3:30 p.m.