NEW ULM, Minn. -- Four players landed in double figures as the UW-Superior men's basketball team blitzed Martin Luther, 94-58, in Upper Midwest Athletic Conference play at the Luther Student Center on Saturday.
 
The 36-point margin of victory for the Yellowjackets is the largest since a season-opening 97-52 win over Finlandia in the 2021 Merrill Thompson Classic.
 
Sophomore Reid Johnson (Chatfield, Minn./Chatfield) scored 24 points for the second consecutive game, shooting 9-for-14 from the field and 6-of-9 from 3-point range, to lead all scorers. Senior Josef Fahrenholtz (Chatfield, Minn./Chatfield) added 17 points and six rebounds, while juniors Joey Barker (Superior, Wis./Superior Senior) and J'Vaun Walker (Rosharon, Texas/Manvel) chipped in 13 and 11 points, respectively, as UWS improved to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in the league.
 
Martin Luther's Seth Veers scored the game's first bucket four seconds in before Superior used a 14-2 run in three-and-a-half minutes to take control. Fahrenholtz had six points and Johnson five in the stretch that gave UWS its first double-digit lead. It grew to 14 points at 31-17 when Barker hit a jumpshot in the lane at the midpoint of the half, and 20 at 45-25 as Walker canned a jumper in transition inside the final two minutes. UWS led, 49-27, at the half, shooting 47.5 percent from the floor.
 
Johnson hit a trey with 10 minutes remaining to push the UWS advantage to 72-42, and the 'Jackets led by as many as 39 as late as sophomore Luke Fahrenbacher converted a layup with 1:19 to play.
 
In all, 18 players saw the court with 12 scoring points. UWS outrebounded the Knights, 44-34, scored 50 points in the paint and 21 off of 22 Martin Luther turnovers.
 
Veers tallied 20 points and five boards for Knights in the loss.
 
Next up, UWS returns to Mertz Mortorelli Gym Wednesday to host UW-Eau Claire at 7 p.m.