A disastrous second quarter gave the visiting New Berlin West Vikings no chance against the defending WIAA Division 2 champion Wisconsin Lutheran Vikings in a D2 regional semifinal boys basketball game Thursday.
Loyola University - Chicago recruit Flavien Davis was limited to 10 points, about half his season average, but Tim Rotruck had a game-high 16 and Terry Nash added 11 as Wisconsin Lutheran cruised to a 65-42 victory.
Wisconsin Lutheran (20-3) went on an 18-0 run from the end of the first quarter until late in the second to turn an 11-11 game into a 29-11 advantage. From there, the reigning champs never led by fewer than 14.
New Berlin West (17-7) struggled mightily in the second quarter. West missed its first five shots - four of which were 3-pointer attempts - and turned the ball over six times. They did not score in the period until Kyle Rampone made one of two free throws with 1 minute, 45 seconds remaining.
Some of those struggles were a result of Chad Mathwig's foul trouble. The junior post player picked up his second foul with 35 seconds left in the first. He went to the bench and did not return until 6:11 remained in the second; during that stretch Wisconsin Lutheran went on a 7-0 run and West turned the ball over twice.
Mathwig finished with 14 points for West, which had its six-game winning streak snapped.
Wisconsin Lutheran plays New Berlin Eisenhower in a regional final at 1 p.m. Saturday at Marquette High School.
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