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UW-Oshkosh stuns UW-Whitewater men

OSHKOSH — UW-Oshkosh stunned visiting UW-Whitewater, 65-64, in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men’s basketball thriller here Wednesday night.

The Titans’ D.J. Marsh made a layup with eight seconds remaining to upset the No. 3-ranked Warhawks. Chris Vines missed a layup that would have given Whitewater the victory as time expired.

Whitewater (20-4, 12-3) remained in a second-place tie with UW-Platteville (20-4, 12-3), which ost 65-60 to UW-Eau Claire. Both have one game remaining.

UW-Stevens Point (21-3, 14-1), which hosts Platteville at Saturday, clinched the championship by beating UW-La Crosse, 78-52.

Oshkosh (14-10, 8-7) broke out to a 51-41 lead in the second half before Whitewater rallied to take a 56-53 lead with 6:15 remaining.

The Titans bounced back to take a 58-56 lead, but Whitewater tied it at 58-58 with 3:23 remaining. Matt Miller’s three-pointer gave the Titans a 61-58 lead at 2:56.

Whitewater pulled within 61-60 on Vines’ layup at 2:19, but Dane Secker-Anderson put Oshkosh up 63-60 with a basket at 1:54. Kori Vernon got Whitewater within 63-62 with 1:35 remaining, and Myles McKay gave Whitewater its last lead, 64-63, on a layup with 29 seconds left.

Matt Goodwin led Whitewater with 15 points. Vernon finished with 14, Dustin Mitchell added 12, and McKay had 11.

The Titans made 8 of 15 three-point attempts to 3 of 14 for Whitewater.

Whitewater finishes the WIAC regular season Saturday at UW-River Falls.

OSHKOSH 65, WHITEWATER 64

Whitewater (64)—Vernon 6-9 2-2 14, Kolinske 1-3 0-0 2, Goodwin 6-14 1-1 15, Negri 0-1 0-0 0, McKay 5-14 0-0 11, Kingsby 0-1 0-0 0, Mitchell 3-4 6-6 12, Vines 4-11 2-4 10. Totals: 25-57 11-13 64.

Oshkosh (65)—Marsh 7-13 6-6 22, Miller 2-3 0-0 4, Seckar-Anderson 4-7 2-3 10, Miller 5-11 1-2 15, Wittwer 2-6 0-0 5, Kretsch 1-2 1-2 4, Flanigan 1-3 0-0 2, Henney 1-1 1-2 3. Totals: 23-46 11-15 65.

UW-Whitewater 32 32—64

UW-Oshkosh 31 34—65

Three-point goals—Whitewater 3-14 (Kolinske 0-1, Goodwin 2-8, Negri 0-1, McKay 1-3, Kingsby 0-1). Oshkosh 8-15 (Marsh 2-3, Miller 4-7, Wittwer 1-4, Kretsch 1-1). Rebounds—Whitewater 37 (Vines 6, McKay 6), Oshkosh 22 (Marsh 8). Assists—Whitewater 7 (McKay 3), Oshkosh 11 (Marsh 5). Total fouls—Whitewater 16, Oshkosh 14.