UWM's Brock Stull led the Panthers with 19 points in the Horizon League Tournament finals. (Photo by Jose Juarez)
UWM sophomore Jeremy Johnson cuts through a pair of Northern Kentucky players in Tuesday night's Horizon League Tournament final. (Photo by Jose Juarez)
UWM sophomore Brock Stull (No. 3) looks to drive past Northern Kentucky's Drew McDonald in Tuesday night's Horizon League Tournament final. Stull made the Horizon League All-Tournament Team. (Photo by Jose Juarez)
UWM freshman Bryce Nze (No. 24) holds the ball while freshman teammate Bryce Barnes (No. 0) gives him a passing option in Tuesday night's Horizon League Tournament final. (Photo by Jose Juarez)
UWM freshman August Haas (No. 13) eyes a shot against Northern Kentucky's Lavone Holland II in Tuesday night's Horizon League Tournament final. (Photo by Jose Juarez)
UWM came up one win shy of a trip to the NCAA Tournament, ending its amazing Horizon League Tournament run with a 59-53 loss to Northern Kentucky.
The Panthers earned national attention for their unprecedented tournament success. They were the Horizon League’s first No. 10 seed to ever win a game, an 85-60 opening-round victory over seventh-seeded Detroit. They followed that with a 43-41 triumph over second-seeded Valparaiso, then knocked off No. 6 seed Illinois-Chicago 74-68 in the semifinals.
They finished their season with a record of 11-24.
“I’m extremely proud of this group just for believing,” said UWM first-year head coach LaVall Jordan, whose team included only two seniors. “I think it was an inspiration to I don’t know how many people.”
