NEW ULM, Minn. – Senior forward Vid Milenkovic (Zurich, Switzerland/DSB Belgrade (Serbia)) scored 16 points and pulled down a career-high 21 rebounds to help the UW-Superior men's basketball team to a 69-54 victory over Martin Luther on the road at Luther Student Center Saturday.
 
The victory kept the Yellowjackets perfect in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference at 6-0 and gave UWS wins in six of its last eight games overall. Milenkovic earned his second consecutive double-double and the sixth of his season, leading a group of three in double figures. As a team, the 'Jackets shot 56 percent in the first half, en route to a 33-30 halftime lead, and limited the homestanding Knights to just 27 percent in the final 20 minutes to pull away.
 
Senior Mac Reykdal (Washburn, Wis./Washburn) added 11 points while freshman Mason Ackley (Superior, Wis./Superior Senior) chipped in with 11 of his own to go with four boards. Superior scored half of its points in the paint and outrebounded Martin Luther, 46-34.
 
After MLC's Jack Heichelbeck opened the scoring with a 3-pointer 1:33 into the contest, UWS ran off 14 straight points for an 11-point advantage with less than six minutes off the clock. Allen Anderson's (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Osseo) trey capped the stretch, forcing a 30-second timeout from the Knights.
 
MLC rallied to cut the deficit to 14-9 less than two minutes later, but five quick points by Milenkovic gave UWS a 23-12 edge with nine minutes left in the half. Ackley extended the run with a jumper at the 7:36 mark. After MLC answered with a basket, Reykdal knocked in a triple for a 28-14 lead.
 
Martin Luther scored 10 of the next 12 points to cut it to a 30-24 UWS lead, ending the run on a Micah Kieselhorst layup, assisted by Ian Paulsen, with 2:48 left before halftime.
 
Eli Vogel (Appleton, Wis./Appleton West) canned a 3-pointer with 11:21 left in the game to restore a double-digit lead for the 'Jackets at 48-38. Milenkovic then pushed the lead to 57-38 at the seven-minute mark as Martin Luther remained scoreless for five minutes.
 
UWS coasted from there, claiming its largest lead when Josef Fahrenholtz (Chatfield, Minn./Chatfield) hit a jumper off an Anderson pass with 3:15 to made it 65-43.
 
Paulsen paced Martin Luther (2-10, 0-5 UMAC) with 15 points and six rebounds on the day. 
 
UWS improved to 8-6 overall in the win and is back in action Wednesday at Finlandia at 6:30 p.m., CT.