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Whitewater, playing without Miles Barnstable, committed 16 turnovers that led to 23 points for the Pointers, who got a game-high 18 points from Malik Abdul-Wahid. His steal and dunk to end the game put an exclamation point on his team’s victory.

Before that, the Warhawks led for long stretches of the second half, but could never grow the lead bigger than five points.

Trevon Chislom scored 17 to lead Whitewater, while Jameer Barker added 16.

UW-STEVENS POINT 76, UW-WHITEWATER 70

Whitewater 36 36 — 70

Stevens Point 37 39 — 76

UW-Whitewater (fg ftm-fta pts) — Chislom 5 5-6 17, Barker 4 7-9 16, D. Barnstable 3 1-2 8, Capstran 1 1-1 3, Verges 1 0-0 2, Quast 5 1-1 13, Lambert 2 4-4 8, Kelley 1 1-2 3. Totals 22 20-25 70.

UW-Stevens Point (fg ftm-fta pts) — Abdul-Wahid 8 2-7 18, Bolden 3 8-10 16, Miron 5 0-0 10, Butler 3 2-5 9, Krohn 2 5-8 9, Genrich 2 0-0 4, Gillie 2 0-0 4, Baumgartner 1 0-0 3, Buchanan 1 0-0 3. Totals 27 17-30 76.

3-point goals — UWW 6 (Chislom 2, Quast 2, Barker, D. Barnstable), UWSP 5 (Bolden 2, Butler, Baumgartner, Buchanan). Total fouls — UWW 19, UWSP 21. Fouled out — None.