BJ Freeman is introduced before the game Saturday. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
BJ Freeman drives to the basket. Freeman scored a game-high 31 points. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
Ahmad Rand slams home a dunk over Cleveland State's Deshon Parker. Rand scored 12 points in the game. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
Vincent Miszkiewicz celebrates a dunk. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
Moses Bol dives for a loose ball. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
Milwaukee head coach Bart Lundy calls a play during a timeout. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
The UWM pep band plays during the game. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
Milwaukee's dance team performs during a timeout. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
The Milwaukee bench cheers during the game. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
Kentrell Pullian drives to the basket around Cleveland State's Jayson Goodrich. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
Milwaukee fans cheer for their team. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
Elijah Jamison looks for an opening. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
BJ Freeman is all smiles after the victory. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
Milwaukee's Angelo Stuart celebrates with fans after the victory. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
Pounce greets a young fan after the game. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
UWM’s men’s basketball team wrapped up the regular season with a rousing, come-from-behind 81-72 victory over Cleveland State on Saturday at the UWM Panther Arena, securing its eighth 20-win season in Division I history and clinching the No. 2 seed in the Horizon League tournament.
Milwaukee, picked in preseason polls to finish ninth the Horizon League, will host No. 7 seed Wright State at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Klotsche Center in the quarterfinals of the Horizon tournament. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+. The winner advances to the semifinals in Indianapolis.
Under first-year coach Bart Lundy, UWM staged a stunning turnaround with its best regular season record since 2010-11, going 20-10 on the season just a year after posting a 10-22 record.
