SUPERIOR, Wis. -- The UW-Superior men's basketball team won for the eighth time in nine games on Friday, closing its non-conference slate with an 82-71 victory over Finlandia, at Mertz Mortorelli Gymnasium.
 
Sophomore T.J. Moberg (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park) scored a game-high 19 points on 7-for-10 from the field to lead three Yellowjackets in double figures as UWS (11-7) beat Finlandia (3-17) for the second time in 10 days.
 
Superior shot 60.3 percent from the floor as a team, going 35-of-58 overall, including a 62.07 mark (18-of-29) after halftime.
 
UWS, which led, 40-34, at the break, received 11 points from Moberg in the opening 20 minutes and 11 of the 14 points by senior Josef Fahrenholtz (Chatfield, Minn./Chatfield) in the second half. Fahrenholtz led all players in securing 11 rebounds for his third career double-double -- all coming this season. 
 
Senior Levy Miguel (Luanda, Angola/Canarias Basketball Academy) posted his second consecutive double-digit scoring outing with 12 points in 25 minutes in his first career start at UWS.
 
Superior led most of the way, using a 12-0 run with 12:19 remaining in the game to build its largest lead as Reid Johnson (Chatfield, Minn./Chatfield) stripped Danny Zuchak of the ball and Andrew Kunelius (Caledonia, Minn./Caledonia) found Ty Melchert (Green Bay, Wis./Green Bay Southwest) ahead for a layup in transition and a 63-44 edge. From there, Finlandia rallied, cutting the deficit to 67-60 on a Logan DePew 3-pointer with 7:52 remaining. 
 
Later, Emmett Johnson converted a layup on the break following a DePew steal, slicing the UWS advantage to 71-68 with 4:45 on the clock. That, though, was as close as the Lions got as UWS held Finlandia to just one more Johnson triple the rest of the night.
 
UWS boasted a 38-27 advantage in rebounding and dominated inside, scoring 52 points in the paint.
 
Emmett Johnson and Octavius Johnson paced Finlandia with 14 and 13 points, respectively. Octavius Johnson added eight rebounds and two steals. Connor Smale chipped in 12 points for the Lions.
 
UWS heads to Ashland, Wis., Saturday for a 3 p.m., date with Northland at Kendrigan Gymnasium.