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Charlie Noone scored a game-high 17 points against the Blugolds, including 12 that came in the first half.
Charlie Noone scored a game-high 17 points against the Blugolds, including 12 that came in the first half.

Titans Lead Blugolds From Start To Finish

Box Score

Charlie Noone led three Titans in double figures with 17 points as the UW-Oshkosh men's basketball team never trailed on the way to a 71-49 triumph over UW-Eau Claire on Wednesday (Feb. 10) in Kolf Sports Center.

Brett Wittchow added 13 points off the UW-Oshkosh bench, while Nick Olson matched his season high with 10 points. Wittchow made 5 of 7 shots from the field, and Olson made all four of his field goal attempts. Alex Olson led all players with eight rebounds, five assists and two steals.

UW-Oshkosh (14-8, 7-4 WIAC), which avenged a 67-50 defeat at UW-Eau Claire on Jan. 17 and snapped the Blugolds' five-game winning streak, moves into a three-way tie for second place in the league standings with UW-Eau Claire (14-8, 7-4 WIAC) and UW-River Falls (13-9, 7-4). UW-La Crosse (15-7, 9-2 WIAC) sits atop the league ledger with games to play.

The Titans ended the contest shooting 47.3 percent (26-55) from the field, including 33 percent (8-24) from 3-point range, and 73.3 percent (11-15) from the free throw line. UW-Oshkosh held advantages in rebounds (32-28), assists (12-7), turnovers (17-9) and steals (7-5).

UW-Oshkosh limited UW-Eau Claire to just three points during the first 7:25 of the game. Sean Dwyer knocked down a 3-pointer for the first points of the game, and a layup by Max Schebel provided the Titans with a 7-1 advantage.

A 3-pointer by Ben Boots extended the UW-Oshkosh lead to 13-3 before the Blugolds tallied four straight points to cut their deficit to 13-7 with 11 minutes to go in the opening half. Consecutive 3-pointers by Dwyer and Noone gave the Titans a 21-9 lead, but UW-Eau Claire scored 11 of the next 16 points to pull within 26-20 with just under four minutes remaining in the first half.

Noone scored his 12th point of the first half on a 3-pointer that gave UW-Oshkosh a 33-23 advantage, and a 3-pointer by Wittchow at the buzzer made the score 38-26 at intermission.

The Titans began the second half with a 12-2 scoring run and led by at least 17 points for the remainder of the contest. The Titans opened their largest lead of 24 points at 54-30 on a layup by Wittchow with 13:06 to play.

UW-Eau Claire shot 40.9 percent (18-44) from the floor, but connected on just 4 of 19 (21.1 percent) attempts from 3-point range and 9 of 14 (64.3 percent) tosses from the foul line.

Diekelman paced the Blugolds with 10 points and five rebounds. Jack Martinek contributed nine points for UW-Eau Claire, while Jared Schneidermann led the team with four assists.

UW-Oshkosh heads to conference-leading UW-La Crosse on Saturday (Feb. 13). The Titans defeated the Eagles, 80-69, on Jan. 13 in Oshkosh.