Titans Cruise Past Eagles

Seventeen Titans saw action and 15 entered the scoring column as the UW-Oshkosh men's basketball team cruised to a 99-53 victory over Edgewood College on Tuesday (Nov. 24) in Kolf Sports Center.

UW-Oshkosh shot 51.4 percent (37-72) from the floor, including 50 percent (14-28) from behind the 3-point line, and had a 49-31 advantage in rebounds. The Titans connected on seven of their first 12 attempts from beyond the 3-point arc.

The Titans recorded their highest point total since netting 100 against Silver Lake College on Feb. 20, 2010, their most field goals since also making 37 baskets against UW-River Falls on Dec. 10, 2011, and their most 3-pointers since hitting 16 against UW-Superior on Feb. 2, 2013. UW-Oshkosh's 23 assists are its most since recording 24 against Silver Lake College on Dec. 21, 2009.

Brett Wittchow led all players with a career-best 16 points off of the UW-Oshkosh bench. He made 6 of 8 shots from the field and 3 of 4 attempts from the free throw line in 16 minutes played.

Titans reserve Sean Dwyer added a season-high 14 points as the UW-Oshkosh bench contributed 67 total points.

UW-Oshkosh's Charlie Noone chipped in 13 points on 5 of 6 shooting from the floor, while Taylor Jansen and Alex Olson contributed nine points apiece. Noone and Dwyer both owned three 3-point baskets, while Max Schebel pulled down a game-high seven rebounds and Olson collected five assists.

UW-Oshkosh (2-2) jumped out to a 9-0 lead less than three minutes into the contest and maintained a double-digit lead for the last 29 minutes of the game. A layup by AJ Mueller gave the Titans a 27-17 cushion with 9:10 left in the opening period.

The Titans stretched their first-half lead to 22 points on a Dwyer 3-pointer that made the score 43-21 with 2:39 remaining in the first half.

UW-Oshkosh had 43-25 advantage at the intermission and opened the second half with a 21-4 run that featured eight points from Wittchow and five from Dwyer. Three consecutive layups by Wittchow capped a run that provided the Titans with a 66-27 lead with 13:35 left to play.

A 3-pointer by Ben Boots extended UW-Oshkosh's lead to 41 points at 79-38 with 7:57 remaining, and a layup by Brandon Glandt gave the Titans their largest spread of 50 points at 93-53 with 3:32 left.

Edgewood College ended the game shooting 37.3 percent (22-59) from the floor. The Eagles connected on just 5 of 20 shots (.250) from behind the 3-point arc and 4 of 11 tosses (.364) from the free throw line.

Arik Anderson led Edgewood College (0-2) with 13 points of 5 of 6 shooting from the field. Adam Freitag and Sy Staver added 10 points apiece for the Eagles.

UW-Oshkosh, which defeated Edgewood College, 74-56, last season in Madison, has won 19 of the last 23 meetings with the Eagles.

The Titans travel to La Crosse next Tuesday (Dec. 1) for a game against Viterbo University.