Box Score MILWAUKEE (WLCSports.com) – Sophomore Grayson Goetz (Aurora, Ill.) scored a game-high 18 points, tying a season high, to lead four players in double figures, as the Wisconsin Lutheran College men's basketball team never trailed in a 73-59 win over MSOE on Wednesday night inside Hotchkin Arena. The win marked the third straight 10-3 start to a season for the Warriors.
- Final Score: Wisconsin Lutheran 73, MSOE 59
- Records: Wisconsin Lutheran (10-3, 5-2 NACC), MSOE (5-9, 1-6 NACC)
- Location: Hotchkin Arena, Milwaukee, Wis.
- Junior Simeon Strauss (Chicago, Ill.) gave the Warriors an early 3-0 lead after he knocked down a long range bomb on their first possession of the game. WLC jumped out to an 11-4 lead, forcing a Raiders timeout, after junior Trevor Stiede (Pulaski, Wis.) hit another triple at the 15:07 mark of the first half.
- MSOE evened the score for the first and only time at 17-17, forcing Wisconsin Lutheran into its first timeout. The Green and White responded out of the timeout with a 12-0 scoring run that included eight points from sophomore Jacob Stoltz (Kewaskum, Wis.).
- The Warriors went into halftime ahead 35-21 after Goetz and Stiede finished the first-half scoring with threes.
- An 8-0 scoring run early in the second half vaulted WLC to its largest lead of the game at 45-23 with 16:40 remaining.
- Wisconsin Lutheran's lead hovered between 19 and 21 points for the majority of the second half.
- The Raiders scored the final seven points of the contest to bring their deficit down to 14 points when the final horn sounded.
- Goetz tied a season high with 18 points to pace four players in double figures. Stoltz finished with 15 points, senior Alex VanCrete (Green Lake, Wis.) followed with 12, and Stiede chipped in with a season high-tying 11 points off the bench.
- Strauss, VanCrete, and Stiede grabbed six rebounds apiece as the Green and White grabbed 43 rebounds for the game.
- The Warriors committed a season-low seven turnovers and outscored MSOE 16-10 in points off turnovers.
- The Warriors remain on the road on Saturday when they travel to River Forest, Illinois for a 4:15 p.m. NACC contest against Dominican (1-12, 0-7 NACC). Live coverage links will be available for the game at WLCSports.com.
