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at River Falls 71 La Crosse 66 UW-L squandered a chance to get out of the WSUC basement on Valentine's Day, losing a heart-breaker to a River Falls team that was definietely beatable. At halftime, the score was 30-29, UW-River Falls in the lead. However, the Eagles came out shooting colder than a refrigerator in Hayward, WI. It took them 8 minutes to hit their first field goal of the second half, and with 12:06 left, they were down 52-39. However, instead of rolling over and dying, UW-L fought back to within 64-62 in the final minutes. However, Chuck Simpson missed a 3, Rob Slavens turned the ball over, and Wes Warren traveled on a breakaway after a steal, to seal their fate. Melvin Veasley had 19 points before fouling out, and Simpson had 14, Warren 11, and Eric Dudek chipped in 10. River Falls was led by 19 from Chad Meschke, 18 from Matt Chitwood, and 12 from Luke Madsen. With the win, UW-RF improved to 12-10 (4-9), while La Crosse dropped to 9-12 (2-11). The Eagles were plagued by 18 turnovers, and despite a sizable 41-32 advantage on the boards, a weak 14-25 effort from UWRF at the line, La Crosse only managed to hit 23 of 59 shots (38%) themselves. Before the game, Coach Charlie Gross changed his starting line-up, inserting freshman Steve Tracy for sophomore Jay Daly, who had started 44 of his 45 games prior to this one as an Eagle. Also, Chris Borth did not play (coaches decsion) for the first time "ever" as Chris said. The Eagles next game is Saturday night against Eau Claire, game time is at 7:10 and the game will be on WXOW-TV.
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