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Ben Boots scored nine points, grabbed four rebounds and blocked one shot against the Blugolds.
Ben Boots scored nine points, grabbed four rebounds and blocked one shot against the Blugolds.

Titans Unable To Overcome Early Deficit

Box Score

George Diekelman had 17 points and eight rebounds to lift UW-Eau Claire to a 67-50 win over the UW-Oshkosh men's basketball team on Wednesday (Jan. 27) in Eau Claire.

Diekelman made 7 of 10 shots from the floor and added three assists and two steals as the Blugolds snapped a four-game losing streak to the Titans.

UW-Eau Claire (11-7, 4-3 WIAC) shot 47.4 percent (27-57) from the field, including 41.2 percent (7-17) from 3-point range. The Blugolds committed just four turnovers and held a 40-32 advantage in rebounds.

UW-Oshkosh (11-7, 4-3 WIAC) entered the contest leading the league with 140 3-pointers and shooting 39.4 percent from beyond the 3-point arc, but the Titans were held to just six long-range jumpers on 22 attempts (27.3 percent). UW-Oshkosh shot 33.9 percent (19-56) from the floor overall, including 26.7 percent (8-30) in the first half.

Jack Martinek registered 13 points and eight rebounds for UW-Eau Claire, while Jacob Kohner chipped in 11 points.

UW-Oshkosh's Alex Olson hit a 3-pointer on the opening possession of the game, and the Titans reclaimed an 8-7 advantage on a three-point play by Max Schebel with 14:16 left in the first half, but a pair of free throws by Martinek gave UW-Eau Claire the lead for good at 9-8 at the 13:58 mark.

Kohner capped a 10-point run with a layup that provided the Blugolds a 17-8 lead. A basket by Diekelman pushed the UW-Eau Claire advantage to 24-14, and the Blugolds held a double-digit lead for the last 27:27 of the contest.

UW-Oshkosh scored the first five points of the second half to cut its deficit to 37-25, but UW-Eau Claire answered with eight consecutive points for a 45-25 advantage on a three-point play by Andrew Duxbury with 15:53 to go.

A jumper by Diekelman gave UW-Eau Claire its largest lead of 24 points at 65-41 with just under four minutes remaining before the Titans scored nine of the game's final 11 points.

UW-Oshkosh's Charlie Noone scored all of his team-leading 12 points in the second half.

Ben Boots had nine points, four rebounds and one blocked shot off the Titan bench, while Olson had seven points and a team-high two assists. Nick Olson paced UW-Oshkosh with five rebounds.

UW-Oshkosh hosts defending national champion UW-Stevens Point on Saturday (Jan. 30). The Titans defeated the Pointers by a 64-59 score on Jan. 16.