RIPON, Wis. — A huge second half Wednesday led the Ripon College men’s basketball team to an 82-44 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University at the Storzer Center.
Ripon shot 67.7 percent from the floor on its way to 54 second-half points.
The nation’s leading scorer, Ripon’s Ty Sabin, went 9-for-15 from the floor and finished with 29 points, six rebounds and five assists.
Jeremy Stephani led Lawrence (8-11, 9-6 MWC) with 11 points, and Ben Peterson and Quinn Fisher added 10 points apiece.
Lawrence jumped out to an early 14-7 lead, but Ripon (15-5, 12-3) outscored the Vikings 21-5 over the final 11:43 of the first half and led 28-19 at the break.
Ripon went on a 9-0 run early in the second half to push its lead to 41-21 with 14:57 remaining. Lawrence got back-to-back 3-pointers from Pete Winslow and Stephani to cut the lead to 43-27.
That’s as close as the Vikings would get, and Ripon stretched the final margin by scoring the final 18 points of the game.