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Will Mahoney tied his career-high with 25 points against Illinois Tech on Wednesday night
Will Mahoney tied his career-high with 25 points against Illinois Tech on Wednesday night

Mahoney Drops 25 Points As Titans Cruise Past Scarlet Hawks

Box Score

OSHKOSH, Wis.- Will Mahoney (Sr. • Appleton) tied his career-best mark with 25 points on Wednesday night (Nov. 8), helping the UW-Oshkosh men's basketball team defeat Illinois Tech 88-58 in the Kolf Sports Center.

The 30-point win was the largest winning margin in a season opener for the nationally ranked Titans since the 2002-03 season. Oshkosh beat St. Norbert College 94-53 at home on Nov. 26, 2002.

The two teams faced off for the second time in the programs' histories and the first time since 1987. The Titans defeated the Scarlet Hawks 99-93 on Jan. 3, 1987 in Miami.

UW-Oshkosh paced the Scarlet Hawks in field goal percentage (43.4-36.4), three-point percentage (32.1-13.6), free throw percentage (86.7-46.7) and rebounds (49-40). Illinois Tech committed 13 turnovers while Oshkosh lost eight balls.

Mahoney went 10-of-13 from the field, including two-of-five from three and three-for-three from the line, adding five rebounds. He last scored 25 on Nov. 23, 2019 in a home matchup with Elmhurst College (Ill.).

Jonah Rindfleisch (Jr. • Milwaukee) recorded his first career double-double with 10 points and a team-leading 11 rebounds (four offensive). He went three-for-nine from the field, including one-for-two from three and three-for-four from the line.

Rindfleisch won the jump ball to start the game before Illinois Tech jumped out to an early 6-0 lead. The Scarlet Hawks kept the lead until Jay Dalton (Fr. • Fond du Lac) converted a layup into the Titans' first lead at 18-17.

UW-Oshkosh increased their lead to as much as five points before Illinois Tech took the lead back with 5:53 left to play in the half. The lead changed three more times in the half with the Titans owning a 42-39 edge as the first twenty minutes expired.

After trading points to open the second half, the Titans went on a 15-point spurt, taking a 49-42 lead with 13:46 to go. Mahoney led the Titans during the run with five points.

UW-Oshkosh slowly built its lead up to 16-points over the following eight minutes and began another 15-0 run at 6:11 on Rindfleisch's three-point basket.

Jack Jorgensen (So. • De Pere) scored his first points of the season on a layup with 21 seconds remaining to give the Titans their largest lead of the night at 88-56, followed by two successful free throw attempts by Scarlet Hawk Patrick Blanchard to secure the 88-58 victory.

The Titans return to action on Friday, Nov. 17 for their first game of the Great Lakes Invitational in Springfield, Ohio. They face LaRoche University (Pa.) at noon in the first match between the teams.