Brent Ruch, a 6-foot-9 senior center, scored 20 points with six rebounds as Elmhurst (Ill.), ranked eighth by D3hoops.com, defeated the UW-La Crosse men’s basketball team 67-54 Wednesday.

Elmhurst took a 30-18 halftime lead. Brandon Brown had 16 points, seven rebounds and three steals for UW-L.
“There’s not a big difference from where we’re at and where the top teams are at,” Eagles coach Ken Koelbl said. “It’s the ability to make plays on a consistent basis. We need to get over that hump.”

UW-River Falls 64, Viterbo 53

Jake Voeltz and Wade Guerin combined for 30 points and 12 rebounds as the Falcons outlasted the V-Hawks. UW-RF used a 19-2 run in the second half to pull away. Scott Buschman had 16 points and 12 rebounds for Viterbo and Eric Ambrose and Keith Rash each scored 11.

Women’s basketball

UW-River Falls 71, Viterbo 48

Freshman guard Tiffany Gregorich scored

14 points with five rebounds and four assists off the bench as the Falcons beat the cold-shooting V-Hawks. Viterbo hit 36 percent from the field. Junior Joni Stanek led the V-Hawks with 18 points. “We were not in sync at all. We got outrebounded, and that has not happened to us all season,” Viterbo coach Bobbi Vandenberg said.

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