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January 08, 2006
  

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UW-Oshkosh 69, Robert Morris-Springfield 58

Oshkosh, Wis. — The UW-Oshkosh men's basketball team had five double-figure scorers as it defeated Robert Morris College-Springfield (Ill.), 69-58, on Sunday in Kolf Sports Center.

Matt Miller, Kyle Johnson and Pete Warning came off the bench to combine for 43 of UW-Oshkosh's 69 points. Miller led the Titans with a career-best 16 points, while Johnson added 15 and Warning 11. Miller and Johnson each drained four three-point shots for the Titans.

UW-Oshkosh (10-4) also received 11 points from both Jim Capelle and Andy Jahnke.

Down 36-32 to its first-time opponent, UW-Oshkosh went on a 27-11 scoring run to take a 59-47 lead with 3:41 left in the game. Johnson sparked the Titans during their scoring spree by totaling 12 points, all on four three-point baskets. UW-Oshkosh's largest lead of the contest was a 69-56 count with five seconds to play.

UW-Oshkosh opened the game by jumping out to a 13-4 lead. Robert Morris College bounced back to tie the game at 20-20 with 7:47 left in the first half. The teams played to ties at 25-25 and 29-29 before Matt Wiseman gave the Eagles a 32-29 lead at intermission with a three-point basket at the buzzer.

UW-Oshkosh outrebounded Robert Morris College, 35-25. Nathan Wesener, who also took three charges in the game, grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds to lead the Titans.

Corley Lee scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Robert Morris College (9-10) in both categories. Lee sank 11 of his 12 field goal attempts and his lone free throw try. The Eagles also received 11 points from Andy Moretto.

UW-Oshkosh, which has won seven of its last eight games, shot 40 percent (20-50) from the field and 65.4 percent (17-26) from the free throw line. The Titans made 12 of their 27 three-point shots for 44.4 percent accuracy.

Robert Morris College shot 47.2 percent (25-53) from the field and 60 percent (3-5) from the free throw line. The Eagles shot 26.3 percent (5-19) behind the three-point line.


News release submitted by UW-Oshkosh on Jan 08, 2006 at 10:57 PM
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