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Box Score

HOUGHTON, Mich. (Dec. 19, 2015)-- A balanced scoring attack propelled the University of Wisconsin-Parkside men's basketball team to its third consecutive road victory on Saturday afternoon, defeating non-conference foe Michigan Tech University 70-64 inside SDC Gymnasium. Four Rangers ended the contest in double figures in a game that featured 15 lead changes and eight ties.
 
The two squads traded leads over the opening 16 minutes of play with neither team owning a lead greater than a possession. A Luke Heller bucket gave the host Huskies (2-6) a 26-24 advantage with 4:24 left in the first stanza in what proved to be their last lead of the afternoon. Chavares Flanigan tipped the scales back in favor of the Rangers (7-2) the next possession with a three the old fashioned way. A Jalen Currie three pushed the UW-Parkside lead to four with 2:38 left as the visitors enjoyed a 34-30 lead at the halftime intermission.
 
Michigan Tech tied the game twice early in the second half before the Rangers scored nine straight to take a 46-37 lead with 14:08 left. Five different Rangers contributed to the run, getting a jumper from Andy Mazurczak to spark the spurt followed by a layup from Alexander Brown, a free throw from Kendale McCullum, and a Flanigan layup. Jake Verhagen capped off the scoring binge with a tip-in bucket to give the Rangers the nine-point buffer. Parkside's lead swelled to 12 points with 4:08 left but the Huskies wouldn't retire without a fight, closing within three with 20 seconds left. Kyle Flanagan sunk a pair of free throws with McCullum added another as the Green and White held on for the win.
 
Brown led the Rangers with 17 points, canning three treys and ending the day six-for-10 from the floor. Mazurczak tacked on 14 while Currie and McCullum had 10 apiece. Goran Zagorac had six boards and two blocks while Flanagan added six rebounds.
 
Tech's Kyle Monroe led all scorers with 22 points while Luke Heller and Bryan Heath added 11 and 10 points, respectively.
 
UW-Parkside hit nine threes on the afternoon while owning a 37-30 rebounding edge on the hosts.
 
The Rangers take next week off before closing their non-conference slate on Saturday, Jan. 2 against Indiana University-Northwest in a 3 p.m. clash inside DeSimone Gymnasium.