GALESBURG, Ill. — The Lawrence University men’s basketball team came out firing on Friday night and rolled to a 92-83 Midwest Conference victory over Knox College.
Chris Siebert paced Lawrence (5-8, 4-5 MWC) and all scorers with 23 points. Davis DeWolfe added 21 points and a game-high nine rebounds for the Vikings. Tyler Crisman had 19 points and handed out a game-high nine assists, and Tyler Mazur chipped in with 11 points.
Tanner Carlson led Knox (3-12, 2-8) with 22 points.
Lawrence hit eight of its first 11 shots from the floor to quickly build 22-7 lead just eight minutes into the contest. The Vikings built that lead to as many as 21 points in the first half. The Vikings capped the first half on Mazur’s 3-pointer to take a 42-22 lead at the half.
Knox cut the lead back to 15 points at 54-39 early in the second half, but Lawrence countered with a 13-4 run. Crisman hit two 3-pointers in that outburst and DeWolfe added five points to give Lawrence a 67-43 lead with 11:21 remaining.
Knox pecked away at the lead and cut it to 84-75 with 1:03 left, but the Vikings hit eight of their next 10 free throws to seal the victory.
Lawrence now travels to Grinnell College for a game on Saturday afternoon.