SUPERIOR, Wis. - The Minnesota Morris men's basketball team was looking to bounce back after a home loss to Northwestern, but they were not able to overcome the charge of the homestanding Yellowjackets and dropped an 85-76 decision at UW-Superior Friday night.

The Cougars jumped out to an early 14-7 advantage following a Noah Grove 3. UW-Superior scored eight straight to go up 15-14. Grove countered with another 3 to regain the edge for the Cougars. Back-to-back lay-ins from John Haseman gave UMM a 23-19 lead. UWS followed with another mini-run of 8-2 to take a 27-25 lead. A Nick Peterson 3 gave UMM a 28-27 lead. The Yellowjackets closed out the half on an 11-6 run to take a 38-34 lead into halftime.

Less than four minutes into the second half, Minnesota Morris held the edge after a CD Douglas layup made it 40-39. UWS' Shaq Coleman connected on a 3 to put the Yellowjackets back up and would not trail the rest of the way. Douglas did tie it briefly at 53 on a dunk after a Jeremy Halverson steal, but UWS crept their lead back up to 9 with 7:06 left in the contest and would maintain a lead the rest of the way.

Douglas led the Cougars with 21 points. Grove added 14 points while Anthony Fisher posted 13. Tyler Ukkelberg recorded a near double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds.

Minnesota Morris (8-6, 4-3 in UMAC) returns to the court Saturday at St. Scholastica at 5 p.m.