STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point men's basketball team (15-4, 5-3) buried 15 three-pointers en route to an 81-62 win over UW-Platteville (13-6, 5-3). The win propelled the Pointers into four-way tie for first place in the conference headed into the bye weekend.
 
Seth Miron (Appleton, Wis./Kimberly) led the charge with a game-high 27 points. He nailed a career-best six three-pointers and was 10-for-15 from the floor on the night. He also posted a game-high seven rebounds.
 
Logan Baumgartner (Medford, Wis./Medford) hit three threes and had 13 points. Josiah Butler (Appleton, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran) was also in double figures with 12 points. Carter Combs (Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH) and Max Raimer (Sun Prairie, Wis./East) each made two three-pointers in the win.
 
Combs and Baumgartner drilled consecutive threes to begin the game for a 6-0 lead. Raimer and Drew Daoust (Brussels, Wis./Southern Door) buried three-pointers as UWSP held an 18-12 lead.
 
Butler, Baumgartner, Miron and Raimer each hit from beyond the arc as UWSP kept a narrow lead, 35-32, at the half.
 
Combs opened the second half with a three-pointer. Miron hit his first of the second half for a 45-44 lead.
 
Midway through the second half, Miron broke a 51-all tie with back-to-back made threes. Baumgartner added four points after another made three by Miron. Miron and Baumgartner each hit a three to cap a 21-2 run as UWSP pulled away late.
 
The 15 made three-pointers were the most since UWSP hit 15 against UW-La Crosse on Feb. 22, 2022.
 
After the bye weekend, UWSP will host UW-Stout on Wednesday (Feb. 4) at 7:00 p.m.