UW-Rock County men survive late rally

Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009

JANESVILLE — UW-Rock County beat UW-Richland to the finish line for a 79-75 victory in Wisconsin Collegiate Conference men’s basketball here Wednesday.

Richland cut UW-Rock’s 68-51 lead to a basket with 13 seconds remaining, but Mario Selph made two free throws for the Rattler’s winning margin.

“Mario’s penetration and dribble made the difference,” UW-Rock coach Scott Lee said.

Selph finished with a game-high 27 points, including making 8 of 12 free throws in the second half. Corey Kramer scored 16 points and teammate Matt Hilt added 13 points for the Rattlers.

UW-Rock (11-11, 4-5 WCC) will travel to UW-Marathon for a 3 p.m. game Saturday.

UW-ROCK 79, UW-RICHLAND 75

UW-Richland (75)—Jones, 9-4-22; Loken, 2-0-5; Stanek, 4-0-8; Thomas, 2-0-4; Love, 4-1-9; Marshall, 5-1-11; Murphy, 3-4-10; Wiolliams, 3-0-6. Totals: 33-10-75.

UW-Rock (79)—Neuberger, 1-0-2; Kramer, 6-0-16; Selph, 9-8-27; Hilt, 4-5-13; Dunwiddie, 3-1-7; Stewart, 2-1-5; Bier, 1-1-3; Solis, 3-0-6. Totals: 29-14-79.

UW-Richland 33 42—75

UW-Rock County 39 40—79

Three-point goals—Richland 1-13 (Lokan), UW-R 6-19 (Kramer 4, Selph, Dunwiddie). Free throws missed—Richland 8, UW-R 14. Total fouls—Richland 24, UW-R 17.

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