Wisconsin-Stevens Point seniors reach ultimate goal

Austin Ryf and three other Wisconsin-Stevens Point seniors arrived on campus the year after the Pointers won their last Division III men’s basketball national championship. They were made aware right away that getting to the Final Four is always a goal. On their last try, Ryf, Jordan Lutz, Joe Ritchay and Alex Richard got to cut down the nets as champions, beating Augustana 70-54 Saturday in Salem, Virginia. Ryf scored 17 points, Ritchay had 15 and Stephen Pelkofer 14 for the Pointers (27-5). The Pointers also won in 2004, 2005 and 2010. The Pointers improved to 8-0 in games played at the Salem Civic Center. – Associated Press