Nov. 27, 2000

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Clay Tucker scored 23 points to lead UWM to a 73-63 win over Bethune-Cookman Monday night.

The Panthers (3-2) led by eight points at halftime and by as many as 12 points in the second half.

Dan Weisse scored 14, and did not commit a turnover in 34 minutes of action. As a team, UWM committed just 10 turnovers against the full-court pressure of the Wildcats.

"I was pleased, because a lot of the turnovers we did make came when we were trying to make the extra pass inside," coach Bo Ryan said. "I thought we passed the ball and caught the ball extremely well, a lot better than a lot of teams do coming in here."

UWM led by just five with two minutes to play, but the Panthers scored the next four points to put the game away. James Wright scored on a one-handed follow up dunk with 1:08 left to give the Panthers a 67-58 edge.

"I thought we handled things extremely well tonight," Ryan said. "I thought we overcame some weaknesses from Saturday. In order to beat good teams, you're going to have to take care of the details. We took care of the details tonight."

Chad Angeli pitched in with 10 points despite battling foul trouble all evening. UWM shot 59 percent from the field in the second half after shooting just 33 percent in the first half.

UWM returns home Wednesday to face Valparaiso, which is coming off of a third place finish in the Great Alaskan Shootout. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Klotsche Center.

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