UWM’s 3-0 start in Horizon League play is its best since 2011-12

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UW-Milwaukee guard Themus Fulks, shown here from a game earlier this season, scored a S-high 26 points to lead the Panthers past IU-Indy on Sunday at the Klotsche Center.

There’s still a long ways to go, but the UW-Milwaukee Panthers have built themselves some breathing room atop the Horizon League standings.

By virtue of an 88-81 victory over the vastly improved IU-Indianapolis Panthers on Sunday afternoon at the Klotsche Center, UWM – the preseason pick to win the conference – is 3-0 in Horizon League play for the first time since the 2011-12 season.

The Panthers used an 11-2 run sparked by a pair of Jamichael Stillwell baskets just after the final media timeout to grab control, then used 13-for-16 shooting from the free-throw line over the final 1 minute 50 seconds to salt the game away.

“This one was important because now we go on the road for three straight,” said coach Bart Lundy, whose team takes its four-game winning streak to Oakland on Jan. 2, followed by games at Detroit Mercy on Jan. 4 and Purdue-Fort Wayne on Jan. 8.

BOX SCORE: UWM 88, IU-Indy 81

Youngstown State sits at 4-0 currently, with UWM (10-4, 3-0) the only other undefeated team remaining in the league.

“We had to defend our home going into this stretch,” Lundy continued. “Oakland will obviously be a rematch of the championship game (of last season’s Horizon League Tournament), the Detroit trip is always tough and then Fort Wayne is an extremely good team. We’ve got our work cut out for us, but to be sitting 3-0 does give you a little leg up.”

Senior guard Themus Fulks scored a career-high 26 points to go along with five rebounds and five assists in 34 well-rounded minutes to lead four Panthers in double figures.

Kentrell Pullian added 20 points, Erik Pratt 11 (nine in the first half) and Stillwell put up his ninth double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds for UWM.

“We feel like we’re the best team in the conference,” said Fulks. “But it doesn’t matter what we feel. We have to prove it every single…

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Author : Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Publish date : 2024-12-29 22:59:00

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