MILWAUKEE (WLCSports.com) - Graduate
Jacob Stoltz (Kewaskum, Wis.) led four players in double figures with a game-high 18 points as No. 11 Wisconsin Lutheran College won its fifth straight game by handing St. Norbert its first Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference loss of the season on Wednesday at Time of Grace Center.
The Warriors (12-1, 5-1 NACC), who outscored the Green Knights 24-6 in points off turnovers, extended their homecourt winning streak to 21 games.
Following five lead changes and five ties through the opening eight minutes of the game, WLC went on a 10-0 scoring run to build its first double-digit lead of the game, 27-16, with 7:11 left in the first half. Wisconsin Lutheran led by a first-half high 12 points at 31-19 following a pair of Stoltz free throws at the 3:13 mark. SNC answered with an 8-0 scoring run to come within four points, but graduate
Grayson Goetz (Aurora, Ill.) beat the buzzer with a layup to send the Warriors into halftime with a 33-27 advantage. Goetz led all scorers with 11 points at the break, as WLC outscored St. Norbert 11-0 in points off turnovers.
Wisconsin Lutheran opened the second half with a 14-4 scoring run to build a game-high 16-point lead with 15:09 left, highlighted by nine straight points from graduate
Ryan Broeckel (Chilton, Wis.). The Warriors maintained their double-digit advantage for the remainder of the contest. The Green Knights came as close as 10 points at 57-47 with eight minutes to play, but a three from senior
AJ Vos (Lombard, Ill.) and a layup from Stoltz quickly pushed the lead up to 15 points. WLC's lead hovered between 12 and 15 points over the final 6:45 of action, as Stoltz led all second-half scorers with 14 points.
Stoltz, who was 9-for-9 from the charity stripe, led all scorers with 18 points. Vos scored a season-high 17 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds. Broeckel finished with 17 points and six rebounds, while Goetz tallied 17 points, six assists, and five rebounds. Wisconsin Lutheran shot 40 percent (24-for-60) from the floor, 36.4 percent (8-for-22) from three-point range, and 76.2 percent (16-for-21) from the charity stripe.
Brandt Wilson posted a double-double of 17 points and 14 rebounds to lead four double-digit scorers for SNC (9-4, 5-1 NACC), which shot 39.7 percent (25-for-63) for the game.
The Warriors wrap up their four-game homestand on Saturday when they host Illinois Tech (3-10, 2-4 NACC) at 1 p.m. Live coverage links can be found at WLCSports.com.
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