OSHKOSH, Wis.- UW-Oshkosh men's basketball recorded its most steals in more than a decade en route to concluding nonconference play with an 89-52 victory over Lawrence University on Sunday (Dec. 28) at the UW-Oshkosh BSN Winter Classic in Oshkosh Arena.
 
Oshkosh (9-2), which is receiving votes in the latest D3hoops.com poll, never trailed and owned a double-digit lead for the final 27 minutes of the game on the way to winning its eighth consecutive meeting with Lawrence (7-4).
 
The Titans' 19 steals were their most in the 271 games since collecting 20 against Maranatha Baptist University on December 8, 2015. Oshkosh scored 35 points off Lawrence's season-high 25 total turnovers.
 
Brandon Beck (Rockton, Ill./Hillcrest Prep (Ariz.)) led all players and paced four Oshkosh double-digit scorers with 15 points while adding a game-best and career-high four blocks.
 
Aiden Hawkinson (Waupun/Waupun) had 12 points for the Titans, who also received 10 points apiece from Oskar Kangas (Iron Mountain, Mich./Iron Mountain) and Michael Metcalf-Grassman (Shawano/Waukesha/Shawano Community). Joey LaChapell (Appleton/Appleton East) and Logan Rindfleisch (Milwaukee/Wisconsin Lutheran) chipped in nine and seven points, respectively, for a balanced Oshkosh offense that featured 14 different scorers.
 
Carter Thomas (Neenah/Neenah) grabbed a team-high six rebounds for the Titans while Nate Nazos (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) led the way with four assists. Oshkosh's 19 steals included three each from Hawkinson, Kangas, Metcalf-Grassman and Nazos.
 
Oshkosh finished the contest shooting 47.4 percent (37-of-78) from the field, 29.3 percent (12-of-41) from 3-point range and 60 percent (3-of-5) at the free throw line. The Titans, who have made at least 11 3-pointers in nine of their 11 games on the year, held considerable advantages of 22-8 in assists, 8-25 in turnovers, 19-3 in steals and 9-2 in blocks.
 
The Titans took the lead for good at 5-2 following a LaChapell 3-pointer at the 18:16 mark of the opening period. Oshkosh later scored eight unanswered points for a 24-11 cushion after a Beck 3-pointer and maintained a lead of at least 10 points for the remainder of the night following a Vitorio Dante (Castle Rock, Colo./Castle View) layup that made the score 26-16 with 7:53 to go in the first half.
 
Oshkosh, which went into halftime with a 35-23 lead, built a 20-point cushion at 59-39 on a Hawkinson three-point play midway through the second period before a string of nine straight points during a span of less than two minutes pushed the advantage to 68-40 following back-to-back 3-pointers from Rindfleisch and Hawkinson with 8:43 to play.

The Titans went on to own their largest lead of 38 points after an AJ Ohrmundt (Hartland/Arrowhead Union) layup for an 89-51 advantage at the 1:47 mark.
 
Lawrence was held to just 34 percent (18-of-53) shooting from the field, 20 percent (3-of-15) from 3-point range and 56.5 percent (13-of-23) at the foul line. The Vikings, who owned a 42-37 rebounding edge, established new season lows in scoring, field goal and 3-point percentages, and made 3-pointers.
 
CJ Campbell and Casey Schoenecker paced the Vikings with 11 and 10 points, respectively, as the duo shot a combined 9-for-17 from the floor. Cameron Nash had a game-high 10 rebounds for Lawrence.
 
Oshkosh has won by an average of 17.9 points per game during its current eight-game winning streak versus Lawrence that began with an 84-81 victory on November 18, 2008.
 
The Titans commence conference play Saturday (Jan. 3) at UW-Whitewater. Oshkosh and the Warhawks exchanged road wins during the 2024-25 campaign.