Stevens Point, Wis. (uwrfsports.com) – The UW-River Fall Men's Basketball team traveled to take on UW-Stevens Point on Saturday night. The Falcons ended the first half on 12-3 run and took a 2 point lead into halftime at 37-35. In a tightly contested 2^nd half the Falcons and Pointers would trade buckets. The game would be tied 5 different times in the 2^nd half. The Pointers scored with just 4 seconds left to beat the Falcons 66-64.
 
THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: UW-River Falls: 64, UW-Stevens Point: 66
Location: Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Record: UW-River Falls: 14-6, 5-5 WIAC, UW-Stevens Point 15-6, 9-1 WIAC
 
WHAT HAPPENED

• The two teams traded buckets early but the Pointers jumped to an 11 point lead at 23-12 just under the 12 minute mark of the half.
• The Falcons chipped away at the Pointer lead and went on a 12-3 run to end with 8 points being scored by Alex Herink to give the Falcons the 37-35 lead at halftime.
• After an early bucket by the Pointers in the 2^nd half to tie the game at 37, the Falcons went on an 8-1 run, highlighted with 5 points from Brennan Witt including a dunk to put the Falcons up 44-38.
• The Pointers made three 3-pointers over the next couple of minutes but Austin Moldenhauer's 3 pointer with just under 10 minutes to go put the Falcons up 56-50.
• The Pointers scored the next 6 points to tie the game up at 56. Alex Herink would score the next 3 points to give the Falcons the lead only to have the Pointers hit a 3 to tie it up at 59.
• The Pointers went on a 5-0 run late in the half to take a 64-62 lead with a minute fifteen left in the half.
• Matt Keller hit a huge jumper to tie the game at 64 with 10 seconds left, but the Pointers answered with a quick layup by Mark Nelson to push their lead to 66-64 with just 4 seconds left.
• The Falcons last chance fell just short as the final score was 66-64.

 
IN-DEPTH LOOK

• The Falcons shot 25 of 48 from the field (52.1%) and 3 of 19 from behind the 3 point arc (15.8%)
• Alex Herink and Brennan Witt both scored 13 points for the Falcons.
• Clay Seifert added 10 points and 5 assists.

 
THE OPPOSITION

• The Pointers shot 20 of 41 from the field (48.8%) and 11 of 22 from behind the arc (50%)
• The Pointers had 4 players score in double figures with Brandon Spray leading the way with 13 points.

 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Falcons will travel to take on UW-Stout on Wednesday Feb. 7. Tip time is at 7pm.