January 22 at UWM Panther Arena in Milwaukee, WI
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Youngstown State had a nine-point lead with 6 1/2 minutes to go in regulation, and still led 75-71 at the 2:50 mark, but didn't score the rest of regulation. Instead, host Milwaukee got a tip-in from Brett Prahl with 2.5 seconds left, then scored the first eight points in overtime and won 94-85.
Bad loss for Youngstown, which fell behind Milwaukee (3-6 in conference vs. 3-5) into 8th place in the Horizon League.
I was anxious to see Youngstown's Cameron Morse, the nation's ninth-leading scorer (though just second in the Horizon League - Valparaiso's Alec Peters is averaging 23.9 points), for the first time. Morse didn't dissapoint in the first half and a decent portion of the second. Morse scored 21 points, just a point and a half below his season average, though none came after the 7:53 mark of the second half.
A lot of that had to do with the constant blanketing of Morse by one or more defenders. The junior forward pulled up with confidence from three several times during the first 32 minutes and was 5-of-7 from beyond the arc in regulation, but he looked uncomfortable at times passing out of those traps. He missed his only shot attempt in overtime.
* Great win for Milwaukee, which got career scoring games from Cody Wichmann (23 points, 8-of-14 shooting) and Prahl (18 points ON 9-OF-10 SHOOTING), and a 58% shooting night from the field as a team.
* Milwaukee's Brock Stull and August Haas combined for 15 assists and just two turnovers. Stull was also was one of four in double figures with 19 points.
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