STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Junior Garrett Nelson (Beaver Dam, Wis./Beaver Dam) buried a three-pointer with 34.2 seconds left to give the UW-Stevens Point men's basketball team (13-6, 5-3) a 61-59 win over visiting UW-River Falls (10-9, 3-5) to complete the season sweep of the Falcons.
 
Nelson poured in a career-best and game-high 24 points on 8-for-15 shooting from the field.  Four of his made field goals came from behind the arc.
 
Senior Blake Ehrke (Deerfield, Wis./Deerfield) added a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.  Fellow senior Ethan Bublitz (Jackson, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) was also in double-figure scoring with 10 points.
 
Ehrke poured in five early points as the Pointers took a 7-2 lead.  Nelson hit his first triple, but the Falcons kept close at 16-13.  Moments later, Peter Timmerman (Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert Catholic) hit a three as UWSP held a slim lead midway through the first.
 
Nelson drilled another long-range shot to give the Pointers a 25-17 advantage with 6:29 left in the half.  UWSP was only able to muster one more field goal the rest of the period, but led 30-26 at the break.
 
Nelson snapped a 5-0 spurt by UWRF with another three-pointer as the teams traded leads.  Nelson continued to hit shots both from the field and the free throw line, but the Pointers couldn't get a comfortable lead.
 
UWRF took a four-point lead with 6:14 remaining after an 11-2 run.  Aaron Knez (Chippewa Falls, Wis./Chippewa Falls) and Matt Koerner (West Bend, Wis./West) swished consecutive three-pointers as UWSP regained the lead with five minutes left.  The squads again exchanged the lead with UWRF holding a two-point lead with less than a minute to go.  Nelson hit his fourth three of the game with just 34.2 left and UWSP prevailed.
 
The Pointers travel to UW-Whitewater on Wednesday (Feb. 5) at 7:00 p.m. to begin a two-game road trip.