Pointers Advance to Sectional Final

NCAA Sectional Media Release 3.12.04
Brian Sponsler (253.879.3974) Sports Information and Promotions Specialist
bsponsler@ups.edu
http:www.ups.edu/athletics

Pointers Advance to Sectional Final

Tacoma, Wash - Wisconsin-Stevens Point advanced to the Sectional Final tonight on the heels of a 100-79 victory over the University of Puget Sound Loggers. Nick Bennett led all scorers with 37-points. The Points (26-5) will face instate rival Lawrence University tomorrow night for the right to advance to the Division III Final Four.

Stevens Point jumped all over Puget Sound, shooting 70% (21-30) in the first-half, while utilizing a stymieing defense to force the Loggers into 12 first-half turnovers and. Stevens point took a 50-30 lead into the half, with Jon Krull leading all scorers at the break with 15-points on 6-8 shooting.

The Loggers had difficulty with the Pointes lengthy zone when trying to penetrate, and struggled to find their shooting touch from three-point land, hitting on just 4 of 13 three point field goals in the half.

Puget Sound made a run in-front of the 1809 mostly Logger fans, cutting the lead to seven on two occasions. Each time the Pointers had an answer, often times in the form of a Bennett basket. Bennett shot 13-17 on the night, making four of six three-pointers and seven of 8 free throws. Twenty-six of Bennets' points came in the second-half. Jason Kalsow (19) and Krull joined Bennett in double-figures.

Puget Sound was led offensively by freshmen Jeremy Cross and Curtiss Medved. Medved tried to bring the Loggers back with his three-point shooting, hitting on five of ten second-half attempts. Medved ended the night with 23-points to lead the Loggers. Cross had 18 points on 8-14 shooting. Chase Curtiss was the games leading rebounder with five. Curtiss added 14 points on the night.

Puget Sound ends their season at 24-3, tying a program mark for winning percentage.
UW-Stevens Point and Lawrence University will match-up Saturday night in Memorial for the right to go on to Salem, Virginia. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00pm PST.





Official Basketball Box Score
UW-Stevens Point vs Puget Sound
03/12/04 8:00pm at Tacoma, Wash.
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VISITORS: UW-Stevens Point 26-5
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
10 Relerford, Tamaris.. * 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 10
33 Bennett, Nick....... * 13-17 4-6 7-8 0 1 1 3 37 6 2 0 0 30
34 Krull, Jon.......... * 6-9 1-2 2-3 1 2 3 1 15 1 1 0 1 22
44 Kalsow, Jason....... * 8-11 0-0 3-5 2 9 11 3 19 2 5 1 2 35
50 Maus, Eric.......... * 2-5 0-0 2-4 2 2 4 4 6 5 2 1 0 27
12 Zirbel, Eddie....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Krajnik, Neal....... 1-3 0-1 2-4 0 6 6 1 4 3 2 0 7 27
22 Hirsch, Brett....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
24 Bradley, Keven...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
25 Grusczynski, Kyle... 2-4 0-0 3-4 0 6 6 1 7 3 1 1 3 26
40 Bouche, Matt........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
42 Bauer, Brian........ 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 9
45 Prey, Mike.......... 3-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 0 10
TEAM................ 1 1
Totals.............. 37-57 7-13 19-28 5 28 33 18 100 22 14 4 13 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 21-30 70.0% 2nd Half: 16-27 59.3% Game: 64.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 53.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 15-20 75.0% Game: 67.9% 5

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HOME TEAM: Puget Sound 24-3
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 Cross, Jeremy....... * 8-14 0-1 2-2 0 2 2 2 18 4 1 0 0 27
04 Glynn, Matt......... * 3-14 1-9 0-0 0 3 3 1 7 3 5 0 2 34
22 Mendoza, Mario...... * 1-4 1-4 0-0 2 1 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 24
25 Curtiss, Chase...... * 5-12 3-10 1-1 4 0 4 5 14 0 1 0 4 27
33 O'Donnell, Chris.... * 0-1 0-0 2-2 2 3 5 0 2 3 0 1 0 16
10 Buehler, Vincent.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
11 Shelton, Aubrey..... 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 12
12 Chang, Stephen...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
21 McVey, Zack......... 0-0 0-0 3-6 1 2 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 11
30 Walker, Josh........ 1-2 0-0 4-4 2 0 2 4 6 2 5 0 3 19
31 Medved, Curtis...... 7-15 6-13 3-4 1 4 5 2 23 0 0 1 1 22
32 Stuart, Shane....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
TEAM................ 1 1 2
Totals.............. 26-65 11-37 16-21 13 19 32 24 79 13 16 2 10 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-26 42.3% 2nd Half: 15-39 38.5% Game: 40.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd Half: 7-24 29.2% Game: 29.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd Half: 12-16 75.0% Game: 76.2% 3

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Officials: Spitznagel, Simpkins, Westcott
Technical fouls: UW-Stevens Point-None. Puget Sound-TEAM.
Attendance: 1809
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
UW-Stevens Point.............. 50 50 - 100
Puget Sound................... 30 49 - 79
NCAA Sectional Game
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Brian Sponsler, MA
Sports Information/Promotions Specialist
University of Puget Sound
bsponsler@ups.edu
253-879-3974 (office)