Box Score Six players scored in double figures as the UW-Stevens Point men's basketball team posted its third victory over a Midwest Conference opponent in seven days with a 90-76 win over Ripon on Friday at the Quandt Fieldhouse.

The Pointers shot 55.9 percent from the field and drained 14 three-pointers compared to one for the Red Hawks. Pete Rortvedt (Minocqua/Lakeland) and Drew Jackson (Milwaukee/Rufus King) led the Pointers' balanced scoring effort with 15 points apiece. Bryan Beamish (Wisconsin Rapids/Lincoln) nearly gave the Pointers seven players in double figures by scoring eight points.

UW-Stevens Point is now 3-0 and had already beaten Ripon's league rivals Carroll and Lawrence. The Red Hawks are 1-2 overall.

Neither team held bigger than a five-point lead in the first 11 minutes of the game until UW-Stevens Point used a 7-0 run in the first half to take a 28-22 lead with 8:45 left in the first half. The Pointers then closed the first half with back-to-back three-pointers in the final minute from Pete Rortvedt (Minocqua/Lakeland) and Steve Hicklin (Sussex/Hamilton) to lead 49-38 at halftime.

UW-Stevens Point opened the second half with a 13-2 run to build a 62-40 advantage. The Pointers scored on seven straight possessions and hit five consecutive three-pointers capped by a three-pointer from Khalifa El-Amin (Milwaukee/Rufus King) with 15 minutes left that put UW-Stevens Point ahead 68-45.

Ripon closed to within 12 points at 79-67 with 4:45 remaining, but Matt Moses (Fond du Lac/St. Mary Springs) followed with a three-point play for the Pointers to push the lead back to 15 points. The nation's leading free throw shooting team in 2005-06 then made all six attempts in the final two minutes to seal the win.

Jon Krull had 13 points, while El-Amin, Moses and Hicklin each totaled 12 points for UW-Stevens Point. Brian Schmitting had 29 points and 10 rebounds for Ripon, including 21 points in the first half.