Box Score Colorado College got off to a fast start, but the University of Wisconsin-Platteville found its stride midway through the first half and pulled away for 77-58 victory on Saturday night at Bo Ryan Court.

The Tigers raced to an early 7-2 lead and were ahead 11-9 when sophomore guard Jake Miller scored two of his career-high nine points 6:12 into the contest.

However, UWP tied the game three seconds later and then took the lead for good when Trey Sigel blocked a shot and went coast-to-coast for a layup.  

After CC pulled to within 29-23 on a jumper by freshman forward CooXooEii Black with 6:27 remaining in the first half, the Miners went on a 18-9 run to extend their lead to 15 points after 20 minutes.

A layup by junior forward Chris Martin trimmed the Colorado College deficit to 56-42 with 12:50 to play, but that was as close as the visitors would get.

Junior swingman Ryan Young led the Tigers with 10 points.

Miller and junior guard Eric Houska grabbed a team-high five rebounds for CC.

Sophomore guard Robert Duax scored a game-high 16 points for UWP, which improved to 3-0.

Junior forward Jake Showalter recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

The Pioneers finished with a 48-24 advantage on the glass, which resulted in a 16-8 edge in second-chance points.

They also made 17 of 21 free-throw attempts, while the Tigers connected on just 10 of 17.

Colorado College (0-2) visits Division II Regis University on Monday, Nov. 21, before returning home to host the 2016 Rocky Mountain Thanksgiving Invitational on Friday and Saturday.


** UW-Platteville has not provided statistics as of 9 p.m. MT.