MILWAUKEE (WLCSports.com) - Junior
Grayson Goetz's (Aurora, Ill.) go-ahead layup with 0:55 seconds left helped lift Wisconsin Lutheran College to a 68-64 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference win over Milwaukee School of Engineering on Tuesday at the Time of Grace Center. The win was the Warriors' fifth straight over the Raiders and sixth consecutive in conference play.
WLC (9-6, 7-2 NACC) held a 4-3 lead less than two minutes into the action following a jumper from Goetz. MSOEÂ (8-6, 4-3 NACC) responded with a 9-0 scoring run for a 12-4 advantage with just over 16 minutes remaining in the first half. Wisconsin Lutheran came within 14-10, but a 7-0 run from Milwaukee School of Engineering later extended its lead to a game-high 12 points, forcing a Warriors timeout at the 10:49 mark.
A pair of free throws from junior
Ryan Broeckel (Chilton, Wis.) brought WLC's deficit down to only three points with 3:11 left, but the Raiders went into halftime holding a 39-33 lead.
MSOE stretched its lead to eight points just over two-and-a-half minutes into the second half and maintained a lead between three and five points for the next seven-plus minutes. A 5-0 spurt from Wisconsin Lutheran knotted the score at 55-55 at the 8:57 mark thanks to a three from senior
Trevor Stiede (Pulaski, Wis.) and a layup by Broeckel.Â
Milwaukee School of Engineering jumped back ahead 62-58 with 7:31 remaining, but another five-point run by the Warriors put them in front 63-62 at the 4:10 mark. The Raiders went back ahead one last time at 64-63 before consecutive buckets from Goetz, sandwiched in between a turnover, gave WLC a 67-64 lead with just 0:27 seconds on the clock. MSOE had two chances from beyond the arc to even the score, but couldn't connect and were forced to foul after a rebound from Broeckel. Senior
Simeon Strauss (Chicago, Ill.) made one of his two free throw tries to seal the 68-64 victory.
Broeckel finished with 19 points, 12 rebounds, four assists, and four blocks for his seventh double-double of the season. Goetz and Strauss tallied 12 and 10 points, respectively. Goetz also dished out four assists and junior
AJ Vos (Lombard, Ill.) swatted four shots. Wisconsin Lutheran shot 44.8 percent (26-for-58) for the second straight contest and its nine blocks were a season-high.
Donovan Carter scored 14 points to pace three players in double figures Milwaukee School of Engineering, which shot 49.1 percent (28-for-57) from the floor.
The Warriors are home again on Saturday for a 2 p.m. tip-off against NACC opponent Dominican (5-9, 0-7 NACC). Live coverage links will be available at WLCSports.com.
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