STEVENS POINT, Wis. (Dec. 11, 2006) -- The Pointers of UW-Stevens Point, who came into todays game ranked 7th in Division III men's basketball rolled over the Edgewood College Eagles Monday night in a non-conference match-up at the Quandt Fieldhouse by the score of 69-47.

The Pointers (8-0) were sparked by the hot hand of Steve Hicklin as he scored a career high 23 points on the night and hit four three-pointers to score 14 of the team's first 24 points. The Pointers held a solid lead over the course of the game and used a 9-0 run to end the first half to extend the lead to 18 points at the half. The Eagles (2-4) never got the lead to lower than 17 as they dropped their overall record to 2-4.

Charlie Averkamp (New Berlin, Wis.) led the Eagles with 12 points on the evening and grabbed seven rebounds. Evan Klees (Madison, Wis.) came off the bench to score 11 points in only 12 minutes.

The Eagles return to action this Saturday with a Northern Athletics Conference match-up with the preseason NAC favorite Aurora University with the tip off slated for 4:20 p.m. The game can be heard by logging onto www.EdgewoodCollegeEagles.com