Milwaukee, Valpo & WSU Win on Opening Night

Horizon League Men's Basketball Schedule (Nov. 13)
Milwaukee 71, Denver 58
Valparaiso 78, IPFW 64
Wright State 77, South Dakota 69
Stanford 93, Green Bay 89 (OT)
#23 West Virginia 107, Northern Kentucky 61
San Francisco 78, UIC 75

Milwaukee Opens Season With 71-58 Victory Over Denver
Milwaukee (1-0) scored 13 unanswered points late in the second half to turn a one-point game into a 14-point lead en route to a 71-58 victory over the University of Denver (0-1) tonight at the Cable Car Classic hosted by Santa Clara University.  Austin Arians finished with 20 points and Matt Tiby added 18 points and 12 rebounds as the Panthers won a season opener for the first time since 2012-13.

Crusaders Take Down Mastodons In Season Opener
The Valparaiso men’s basketball team raised its 2014-15 championship banners to the rafters prior to Friday night’s season opener, and then the 2015-16 squad started its quest to replicate and surpass the success of last year, taking down IPFW at the ARC by a 78-64 final.

Raiders Defeat South Dakota in Season Opener
Mark Alstork scored 27 points off the bench, 20 in the second half, and two other Raiders finished in double figures as the men's basketball team defeated South Dakota 77-69 in the season opener for both teams Friday at the NIU Showcase in DeKalb, Illinois.

Green Bay Drops Overtime Thriller to Open Season at Stanford
The 2015-16 season-opener turned out to be a thriller for the Green Bay men’s basketball team, but it came up just short on the road in overtime at Stanford on Friday night, falling 93-89 at Maples Pavilion.

NKU falls to No. 23 West Virginia in season-opener
The Northern Kentucky men's basketball team dropped its first game of the 2015-16 season to No. 23 West Virginia, 107-61.

Flames Fall Late to San Francisco, 78-75
UIC led San Francisco with less than two minutes to play in the season opener for both squads , but the Dons made the critical plays down the stretch to pull off a 78-75 in front of a raucous crowd over more than 4,000 fans at the UIC Pavilion.