Box Score
Box score
LA CROSSE, Wis. - Tony Mane scored a game-high
27 points and UW-La Crosse used a 61-percent shooting performance
to defeat Wisconsin Lutheran College 92-68 on Monday in the 2009-10
non-conference season opener for both teams at Mitchell Hall.
The Warriors jumped out to an early 11-4 lead over the host
Eagles with 16:23 on the first-half clock. UW-La Crosse responded
with a 28-12 run to gain a nine-point lead (32-23), a lead that it
would never relinquish, with 8:24 left in the opening half. The
Warriors, who shot 39.3 percent in the half, trailed just 42-37 at
halftime.
Wisconsin Lutheran found itself down by just five points (53-48)
with 15:51 left in the second half before La Crosse used a 16-0
scoring run to lead 69-48 at the 11:25 mark. UW-L led by as many as
25 points before the final horn sounded.
WLC, which concluded the night shooting 35.6 percent (21-for-59)
from the floor, was paced by Kyle Madson's (Madison, Wis./Lakeside
Lutheran) 18 points. Senior guard Ben Ziesemer (New Ulm,
Minn./Minnesota Valley Lutheran) added 12 points in the loss. The
Warriors committed only seven turnovers, but were out-rebounded by
16 on the defensive end after evening-up the Eagles on the
offensive glass, 7-7.
Mane's 27 points paced three other players in double figures for
the Eagles (1-0), who shot a sizzling 47.8 percent (11-for-23) from
three-point range. Kurt Kincaid grabbed a game-high 10
rebounds.
Wisconsin Lutheran (0-1) has a week off before hosting the
UW-Whitewater Warhawks on Tuesday, November 24. The non-conference
game tips off at 7 p.m. at WLC's Recreation Complex.
