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#1 ranked (D3hoops.com) UW-Stevens Point got 20 points from Tyler Tillema as the Pointers crushed UW-Oshkosh 58-30 In Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) action on Wednesday night.
The Pointers remain perfect at 15-0. Their 6-0 conference record is the best in the league after UW-Platteville (10-5, 5-1 WIAC) fell to UW-Whitewater (13-2, 4-2) 77-58.
Oshkosh (5-9, 1-5) shot just 24% from the field in the loss to the Pointers.
No. 1 ranked UW-Stevens Point rolled to a 86-69 win over UW-Superior on Saturday, remaining unbeaten (13-0, 4-0 WIAC) on the season.
Tyler Tillema scored 26 points and Clayton Heuer added 20 as the Pointers built a 16-point halftime lead and were never challenged.
UW-Platteville 61, UW-Stout 42
The Pioneers improved to 5-0 in the WIAC (10-4, 5-0) with a win over the Blue Devils in Menomonie.
UW-Whitewater 90, UW-Eau Claire 51
UW-Oshkosh 65, UW-River Falls 63
In other Division 3 action around Wisconsin,
St. Norbert College 81, Monmouth 58
UW-Parkside 84, Maryville 63
Ripon 69, Lawrence 66
Grinnell 105, Carroll 95
Beloit 80, Illinois College 75
Lakeland 75, Dominican 66
Marian 83, Rockford 70
Concordia 90, Benedictine 76
Edgewood 63, Concordia (Ill) 57
Carthage 65, North Central 51
Aurora 91, Wisconsin Lutheran 90 (OT)
UW-Whitewater forced four turnovers and held Franklin to 4-rushing yards on the
Lance Leipold
way to a 33-3 victory in the second-round of the NCAA Division III playoff game at Perkins Stadium.
The fifth-ranked Warhawks (12-0) advanced to the quarterfinals and will be at a home again at noon on Saturday against Linfield (11-0).
Warhawks quarterback Matt Behrendt was efficient, completing 20 of 31 for 214 yards and three touchdowns. Behrendt now has 32 touchdowns and just one interception this season.
Pioneers fall
UW-Platteville lost its second round playoff game, falling 52-24 to North Central college.
The Pioneers saw their season end at 10-2.
UW-Whitewater and UW-Platteville both opened with victories in the opening round of the NCAA Division 3 football playoffs.
St. Norbert College (8-3) gave Whitewater a run for their money, trailing 3-0 late in the first half and 17-7 heading into the 4th quarter. But the Warhawks but the clamps down defensively in the 4th quarter, holding the Knights to 1-yard in the final 15-minutes and pulling out a 31-7 win.
The Warhawks got a 33-yard touchdown pass from Matt Behrendt to Jake Kumerow with 8:34 left, and Behrendt found Derric Junakin on a 4-year touchdown on fourth down with 36 seconds left to close out the scoring.
Platteville wins
In Platteville, John Kelly threw for 422 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Pioneers to a 54-20 win over Concordia (Wis.). Kelly was 28 of 38 passing to lead 10-1 Platteville.
UW-Whitewater followed up last weeks win over Oshkosh with a 35-16 win over UW-Platteville this Saturday.
The Warhawks (8-0, 5-0) grabbed sole possession of first place in the WIAC and can clinch at least a share of their 33rd conference championship with a win at Stevens Point on Saturday. Stevens Point beat Whitewater last year as the Warhawks finished
7-3 and missed the NCAA Tournament playoffs.
Even if the Warhawks would lose to Stevens Point again, beating River Falls the following week at home would still get Whitewater the title.
Whitewater’s bump in the road last season ended a string of seven straight WIAC titles.
AUDIO: Warhawk coach Lance Leipold on the chance to clinch at Point this week :13