SUPERIOR — A dismal offensive start doomed Wisconsin-Superior men's basketball in an 81-49 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference home loss to Crown on Wednesday at Mertz Mortorelli Gym.
The Yellowjackets found themselves down 38-14 at halftime after making only 5 of 25 field-goal attempts and committing five first-half turnovers. Meanwhile, Crown made 62.5 percent from the field (15-for-24) in the same time frame. The game remained lopsided through the second half.
Cade Carroll was a blistering 10-of-13 from the field and 3-of-3 from 3-point range to score 25 points for Crown. Josef Fahrenholtz had nine points in 13 minutes for UWS, which ended up being their leading scoring effort.
UWS (6-10, 3-3 UMAC) will try to regroup for a Saturday home game vs. Northland.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Yellowjackets cruise past Lumberjills
Wisconsin-Superior won each of the first three quarters and rolled home with a 74-52 UMAC women's basketball win at Northland on Wednesday in Ashland.
UWS led 42-22 at halftime and blew the lead out as big as 32 points in the second half to get to 4-12, 3-4 UMAC.
Twelve Yellowjackets got on the scoresheet led by Sam Parendo's 11 points and Elise Besonen's 10. UWS shot better than 60 percent in each of the first and third quarters, scoring 26 points in each.
For Northland (1-12, 0-7), Miranda Wagner had a game-high 18 points.
UWS and Northland meet again, this time in Superior, on Saturday.
