Box Score

The UW-Parkside men's basketball team has run out of chances. An 85-80 loss at Saint Joseph's Thursday night sealed its fate in terms of competing for a Great Lakes Valley Conference post-season bid. The loss dropped the club to 6-10 in league play.

The Rangers, at 13-11 overall, need to win one of its remaining three games to post a winning record in 2007-08. The first of those contests will be the next competition, at Indianapolis Saturday, Feb. 23, at 2:00 p.m. CST. That game can be heard live on WRJN 1400AM and on the internet at: www.gatewaysportsweb.org.

Like most of the road losses, the Rangers found themselves on top for much of the game. The team led by as many as 16 points with 12:24 left in the first half. The lead stood at 47-36 at halftime.

Then, disaster struck.

Leading 55-42 with 16:17 to go in the game, the Pumas went on a tear. The home team out-scored the Rangers 18-3 in the next 4 minutes and 50 seconds in taking a 60-58 lead. It was a lead Saint Joseph's would never relinquish.

Saint Joseph's extended its lead to as many as 10 with 5:33 to go in the game. The deficit was trimmed to 78-76 with 2:14 to go, but what happened in the final stages was a microcosm of the road woes which has plagued the team over the last two seasons. Saint Joseph's helped themselves by making five free throws in the last 1:57 to terminate the contest.

LaVonatay Fenderson led a quartet of Rangers in double figures with 16 points.

UW-Parkside shot 68 percent in the first half, getting good looks. The second half was a different story as the gang in green made good on just 34 percent of its attempts from the floor.