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Finlandia men falls short in 116-70 loss to UW-Superior

HANCOCK — Finlandia University picked the wrong night to have a cold shooting percentage.

Unable to match up with a good UW-Superior team Wednesday evening at Paavo Nurmi Gym, the Lions came out on the short end of a 116-70 decision.

The visiting Yellow Jackets used their superior size to control the backboards, racking up a 52-23 margin.

Worst yet for the locals was a chilly 33 percent mark from the field in the opening half.

“No, we didn’t shoot the basketball very well,” FU coach Sam Casey said. “And I know we’re a better defensive team than we showed tonight.”

With a roster featuring six players 6-foot-6 or better, the invaders controlled things right from the opening tip.

With Finlandia misfiring from three-point range, UW-Superior boosted a 25-15 lead midway through the opening half into a comfortable 50-27 margin at the break.

Even though their shooting perked up in the second portion of the contest, the Lions could make no inroads on the large deficit.

UW-Superior, on the other hand, kept firing up three-point shots unabashedly to the very end, even with the large margin.

In all, the Yellow Jackets converted 14-of-34 from long distance. The Lions were 13-of-41 from triple territory.

Dylan Underwood paced the FU attack with 20 points and eight assists. Tristan Johnson was next with 14 points, while Joe Heinonen also hit double digits with 13 markers.

UW-S, 9-6 on the season, received 22 points from Allen Anderson and 19 points and 10 boards from 6-8 Via Milenkovich.

Finlandia travels to St. Scholatsica on Saturday.

“I think we’ll be motivated for that game because we lost in overtime to them up here,” Casey said.

UW-Superior 50 66 — 116

Finlandia 27 43 — 70

UW-SUPEROR (116): Milenkovic 19, Anderson 22, Vogel 14, Ackley 9, Reykdal 7, Robarge 8, Kramer 4, Fahrenholtz 8, Mellberg 6, Arroyo 5, Mittelstadt 5 Sanchez 2, Giner 2. FG: 42-70. FT: 18-27. Rebounds: 52 (Milenkovic 10). F: 11. Fouled out: None. 3-point FG: Anderson 4, Vogel 2, Robarge 2.

FINLANDIA (70): Oom 5, Kirksey 2. Johnston 14, Underwood 20, Heinonen 13, Hendrickson 5, Moultrie 4, Richwine 2, Shumate 3. FG: 25-64. FT: 7-15. Rebounds: 23 (Heinonen 5: F: 20. Fouled out: None. 3-point FG: Underwood 5, Johnston 4, Hendrickson 1, Heinonen 1, Oom 1.

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