CHICAGO (AP) - Ben Averkamp scored 22 points and Jordan Hicks had a season-high 21, leading Loyola of Chicago to a 76-65 victory over Milwaukee on Wednesday night.
Averkamp also had 12 rebounds and four assists for the Ramblers (13-8, 3-5 Horizon), who shot 53 percent from the field and outrebounded Milwaukee 35-25. Christian Thomas added 16 points.
Jordan Aaron and Austin Arians each had 17 points for the Panthers (5-17, 1-7), who have lost four in a row and seven of their last eight games. Milwaukee is 0-12 on the road this season.
Loyola pulled away with 20 straight points midway through the second half, turning a 44-42 deficit into a 62-44 lead with 6:52 remaining. Cully Payne and Devon Turk hit back-to-back 3-pointers during the run and Averkamp had eight points. The Panthers went scoreless for 8:27 during that stretch.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Wisconsin-Milwaukee (5-17) | 33 | 32 | 65 |
| Loyola-Chicago (13-8) « | 32 | 44 | 76 |
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| Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Haggerty, F | 29 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| J. Panoske, F | 11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| J. Aaron, G | 37 | 6-12 | 4-4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| P. Gulley, G | 32 | 2-12 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Harris, G | 27 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Arians | 31 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| J. Haarsma | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Kelm | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Richard | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Roelke | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 24-54 | 9-11 | 25 | 15 | 19 | 65 | |
| 44.4% | 81.8% | ||||||
| Loyola-Chicago Ramblers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Averkamp, F | 32 | 7-15 | 8-10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| C. Thomas, F | 32 | 6-8 | 4-5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| J. Hicks, G | 34 | 10-14 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| C. Payne, G | 30 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| J. White, G | 29 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Turk | 23 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| M. O'Leary | 8 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Osborne | 8 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| L. Dokubo | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-55 | 14-22 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 76 | |
| 52.7% | 63.6% | ||||||
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