Pioneers Top Blue Devil Men 81-54

The Basics
Score: UW-Stout 54, UW-Platteville 81
Record: Blue Devils (5-16, 1-10), Pioneers (13-9, 6-5)
Location: Johnson Fieldhouse - Menomonie, Wis. 
Date: Feb. 4, 2023

The Platteville Pioneers had four players score in double figures as they ran past the Blue Devils Saturday afternoon. Stout kept the game close through the opening ten minutes before a 13-4 run gave Platteville a 12 point advantage. The pioneers would stretch that lead to as much as 20 before halftime. Stout opened the second half on a6-2 run to trim the lead to 13, but that was a close as they would get as back-to-back three's from the Pioneers would push the lead back to 20, a margin that they would maintain for the final 15 minutes.   

Top Performers 

• Aidan Shore was 9-15 from the field for 19 points. 
• Preston Briggs scored nine points and pulled down eight rebounds. 
• Julian Samuels scored 14 points to lead the Pioneers. 

Inside the Box Score  

• Aidan Shore had two thunderous dunks.
• Stout turned the ball over 22 times resulting in 26 points Platteville 
• Platteville was 10-29 from beyond the arc. Stout was 3-14.
• Platteville's bench out scored Stout 46-16.

Up Next
The Blue Devils will travel to La Crosse, Wis. to face the Eagles on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Tip-off from Mitchell Hall Gymnasium is set for 7 p.m.