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By Chris Lindeke, Assistant Athletic Director, Strategic Communications and Branding, UW-W
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men’s basketball team used a suffocating defense and strong shooting on the offensive end Tuesday night on its way to a 72-49 win against UW-River Falls in the second round of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament (presented by Culver’s) at Kachel Gymnasium.
With the victory, the fourth-seeded Warhawks (15-10 overall) advance to the tournament semifinals, where they’ll visit No. 1 seed UW-Oshkosh Thursday at 7 p.m.
Elijah Lambert tallied a career-high 25 points to go with six rebounds and four assists to lead UW-Whitewater, which shot 49.1 percent from the floor and held the Falcons (14-10) to 35.1 percent shooting. UW-W scored 22 points off UW-River Falls’ 18 turnovers.
Trevon Chislom registered 12 points and two steals, while Drew Fisher collected nine points and six rebounds off the bench.
The two teams exchanged baskets over the first six-plus minutes of the contest before the Warhawks embarked on a 9-0 run, including a 3-pointer by Lambert and two layups from Chislom, for a 19-10 lead with 10:51 remaining in the first half.
The Falcons recorded the next five points, but UW-Whitewater responded with another 9-0 run, including two buckets from Fisher, to make it 28-15 with 5:49 on the clock.
Gray gave UW-W its largest lead of the half at the 3:13 mark as his jumper made it 34-19. UW-River Falls scored four of the last five points in the period to narrow the Warhawk lead to 35-24.
Neither team scored in the second half until the 16:16 mark, when a 3-point play by Jack Brahm gave UW-Whitewater a 38-24 advantage. The play was part of UW-W’s 7-0 run to start the half.
The Warhawks’ lead never dipped below 11 in the second half.
UW-Whitewater will make its 13th appearance in the WIAC Tournament semifinals since the tournament’s inception in 1999. The winner of Thursday’s game advances to Saturday’s final at the highest remaining seed.
The Warhawks and UW-Oshkosh split a pair of meetings this season, including UW-W’s narrow 48-46 loss against the Titans on Feb. 16.
On Saturday, February 19, seven Whitewater Wrestlers traveled to Richland Center to participate in the WIAA Sectional Wrestling Tournament. This is a very competitive tournament with eight wrestlers per weight class, all with the plan to place in the top three to advance to the state tournament.
Whitewater wrestled well on the day, with them all wrestling their hearts out and leaving it on the mat. In the end, the Whippets will have two young men participating at the Kohl Center on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Carter Friend wrestled very well all day, with three wins on his way to the Sectional Championship. He started the day with a 13-4 major decision, followed by a pin, and then a very competitive match in the finals, coming out on top 5-3. This will be Carter’s third trip to the state tournament.
Mason DePorter continued to have a great senior season by reaching the championship match by defeating his first two opponents by pin. Mason then had a tough match in the finals and then had to wrestle again 45 minutes later, and wrestled very well, coming out aggressive, but ended up on the short end, therefore taking 3rd place. This will be Mason’s first trip to the state tournament.
Jarvis Porcaro started the day off in a very positive way by pinning his first opponent. He then dropped his next two matches against two young men who will be in the state tournament.
Traysen Thomason started his day against the number one ranked wrestler in the state and almost got the first takedown. He ended up losing both of his matches.
Leo Ortiz had tough draw as he dropped both of his matches against two guys that placed first and second in his weight class.
Rounding out the Whippet Wrestlers were Aaron Porras and Marcus DePorter who had tough first round losses and unfortunately did not get another match as their guy then lost their next match.
The coaches are very happy with the performance of the seven guys on Saturday. There was disappointment in the results, as of course we wanted all seven to advance, but we are not disappointed in their effort. They wrestled hard, left it on the mat, and can look themselves in the mirror and be proud of their season’s accomplishments.
Article Submitted by John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org
Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka
The Whitewater Girls’ Basketball Team travelled to Clinton for their last regular season conference game Thursday, February 17.
It was a fast paced, high scoring first half. We were down by 14 at halftime, with the score at 28-41.
Clinton built their lead up to 18 points, but we battled back to get within 9 at the beginning of the second half. Clinton made some clutch shots, extending the lead again, and we just couldn’t connect on our shots. The Whippets came up short 45-66.
Kindyl Kilar led the Whippets with 17 points and 5 rebounds. Mayte Navejas added 11 points and 4 rebounds. Cali Kopecky contributed 7 points and 3 rebounds. Danielle Deporter scored 5, and Josie Treder ripped down 10 rebounds and scored 2.
Article Submitted by Kristen Lippens
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
klippens@wwusd.org
File Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka
The Whitewater Boys’ Basketball Team celebrated Parents/Senior night on Tuesday, February 15th, by soundly defeating the Clinton Cougars, 74-49. Shaking off a tough loss at Jefferson last Thursday, the Whippets came out with a vengeance in the first half. Combining their relentless zone defense with an aggressive offense, Whitewater raced out to a 37-19 lead behind ten points each from seniors Jon Aron and Wyatt Nickels. The second half started differently, though, as the Cougars went on a 21-7 run to close the gap to four points, 44-40, with 11 minutes left. But that was as close as Clinton would come, as Whitewater scored the next nine points to build the lead back and controlled the rest of the game.
The Whippets were led in scoring by Jon Aron’s 22 points. Wyatt Nickels played one of his best all-around games with 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 steals. Arno Crowley contributed 13 points, and Sam Brown had 8 steals and 6 assists.
Whitewater’s next game will finish the home part of their schedule on Friday, February 18th, as they host the McFarland Spartans.
Article Submitted by Dwayne Lange
Photo Courtesy of Bob and Peter Mischka
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