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Postgame Comments

MILWAUKEE (December 3, 2014) – Steve McWhorter scored 15 of his game-high 17 points in the second half and was one of three Panthers to score in double figures as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (4-4) picked up a 65-56 victory over visiting UMKC (3-5) tonight. With the win, the Panthers improve to 3-1 at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena this season.
 
"I was pleased with how we played defensively," Milwaukee Head Coach Rob Jeter said. "We did a good job containing Martez Harrison. We knew we weren't going to stop him, but I thought we did a nice job of making things difficult for him."
 
Neither team was able to generate much offense in the first few minutes and Kansas City, Mo., native J.R. Lyle's three-pointer from the wing at the 16:10 mark gave Milwaukee an early 3-0 lead. Lyle scored all nine of his points during the Panthers' game-opening 15-4 run.
 
A three-pointer by Justin Jordan gave Milwaukee a 28-16 lead late in the first half, but the Kangaroos closed out the period by scoring six unanswered points, the last two coming on a floater by Harrison just before the first-half buzzer, to draw within six.  The Panthers held UMKC to a paltry 29 percent (8-for-27) from the field in the opening 20 minutes.
 
After Milwaukee built the lead back up to double digits, at 32-22, early in the second half, UMKC reeled off nine of the next 12 points in the game to close the gap to 35-31.
 
Enter McWhorter.
 
The senior point guard scored nine points in Milwaukee's 16-4 run that gave the Panthers their largest lead of the night, 51-35. UMKC refused to go away quietly and sliced the UWM lead to 55-51 with 2:57 remaining, but with his team needing a basket, Cody Wichmann buried a long three-pointer from the wing to ignite a 7-2 run that gave the Panthers a 62-52 lead.
 
McWhorter fell a rebound shy of his second double-double of the season, finishing with 17 points and nine boards to go with three assists, two blocks and a pair of steals. He has now scored in double figures in seven straight outings.
 
"Steve has played phenomenally well all year and guys have been feeding off him. I can't say enough good things about how he has played this year," Jeter said.
 
Matt Tiby tallied his first double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds as the Panthers improved to 6-1 in his career when he scores 10 or more points and reaches double digits in rebounds. Wichmann continued his solid play by chipping in 11 points off the bench and playing 25 minutes of turnover-free basketball.
 
UMKC, which was limited to 35 percent shooting for the game, was led by Harrison's 14 points, though he hit just 5 of 14 shots from the field.
 
Milwaukee looks to win its third straight game when it visits DePaul Sunday at 1 p.m. in a game that will be televised live on FOX Sports 1.