SOMERS, Wis. – In the first game back from the Holiday Break, the UW-Parkside men's basketball team fell to Judson on Thursday night 81-76 despite Jameel Moore's career-high 28 points.

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Moore broke his old mark of 20 points set last game at Northwood, now going for back-to-back 20-point games. He finished 9-of-13 from the floor, 4-of-7 from beyond the arc and 6-for-10 from the free-throw line. Espen Fjaerestad chipped in 10 points and Jonah Matulle finished with nine.

Both squads battled back-and-forth throughout the entire game, as Judson held an 8-point lead after the halftime break. In the first half, Judson shot 58.6-percent and hit 6-of-9 3-pointers. The Rangers used an 8-0 run between the first and second half to climb back in, but didn't grab their first lead of the second half until the 11:09 mark on a Cody McIntyre lay-up. The last lead Parkside owned was at the 5:52 mark in the second half, but some big shots and clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch proved to be the difference, as the Eagles went 12-for-12 in the final 2:15 from the free-throw line.  

Parkside has a tough matchup coming to town next, as No. 10 Ferris State heads to campus for a Saturday, Dec. 30 game at 1 p.m.