MADISON, Wis. (WLCSports.com) - Junior
Grayson Goetz (Aurora, Ill.) paced four players in double figures with a career-high 25 points to lead Wisconsin Lutheran College to a 92-70 wire-to-wire win over Edgewood on Tuesday at the Todd Wehr Edgedome.
The Warriors (6-5, 4-2 NACC) jumped out to a 7-2 lead over the Eagles (1-9, 1-4 NACC) after a Goetz jumper with 17:42 remaining in the first half. EC, which never held the lead in the contest, trailed by a point at 13-12 at the 13:49 mark. WLC broke away using a 12-0 run, capped by a three from junior
Jacob Stoltz (Kewaskum, Wis.) to take a 25-12 advantage at the midway point of the opening half.
Five straight points from Edgewood brought them within eight, but a 10-0 run for Wisconsin Lutheran pushed the lead to 35-17 with 6:23 left until halftime. The Warriors took a first-half high 44-22 lead after another jumper from Goetz with 3:01 remaining, and maintained that margin at the half when junior
Ryan Broeckel's (Chilton, Wis.) three beat the buzzer for a 51-29 halftime lead.
WLC amassed a game-high 26-point lead within the first two minutes of the second half after Broeckel knocked down a pair from the charity stripe. Wisconsin Lutheran's second-half lead stayed above 20 points until 6:20 left in the game. The Eagles came as close as 16 points at the 3:44 mark, but a 7-0 spurt from the Warriors sent their lead back up to 23 points with 2:46 to play.
Goetz led four players from WLC in double figures with a career-high 25 points on 11-for-13 shooting. He also dished out six assists. Stoltz finished with 21 points, while Broeckel registered his fourth double-double of the season with 16 points and 13 rebounds. Senior
Simeon Strauss (Chicago, Ill.) rounded out the double-digit scorers with 15 points.
Wisconsin Lutheran shot 54.0 percent (34-for-63) from the floor, its second best shooting performance of the season. The Warriors made at least 10 three's for the ninth time this year, while committing just seven turnovers.
Jake Schroeckenthaler scored a team-high 19 points to pace four players in double figures for EC, which shot 43.1 percent (28-for-65) from the floor.
WLC is idle until Saturday, December 31 when it hosts Loras (7-3) for a 2 p.m. non-conference New Year's Eve tip-off inside the Time of Grace Center. Live coverage links will be available at WLCSports.com.
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