MENOMONIE, Wis. – Four players scored in double figures, as the Macalester College men's basketball team eclipsed 100 points in a non-conference win at UW-Stout, 102-93 Wednesday evening at Johnson Fieldhouse. The victory gives the Scots a 2-1 record on the young season, while the Blue Devils drop to 2-2.

Junior guard Caleb Williams (Wild Rose, Wis./Wild Rose) helped Macalester get off to a good start by scoring the Scots' first nine points of the game for a 9-4 lead. Three-pointers by first year guard Kaden Holdbrook (Palo Alto, Calif./Gunn) and sophomore forward Ryan Brush (Bellevue, Wash./Bellevue) plus a basket from sophomore forward Noah Shannon (Northfield, Ill./New Trier) pushed the lead to 17-6 with 14 minutes left in the half. UW-Stout rallied, using an 18-8 run to make it a one-point game, 25-24 midway through the half.

Later in the half, with Macalester up 32-29, five straight points from the Blue Devils gave the hosts their first lead since the first two minutes of the game, 34-32 with 6:41 on the clock. The Scots were able to regain the upper hand, with Holdbrook and sophomore guard Eric Wentz (Minot, N.D./Minot) hitting threes to build a 45-39 lead. The advantage grew to as many as eight points before Macalester took a 51-45 edge into halftime. The Scots made nine threes in the first half, including three from deep by Wentz.

A 10-4 spree by the Blue Devils to open the half tied the score at 55-55 with 17:21 to play. Momentum stayed with UW-Stout, as an 8-0 run gave the hosts their largest lead of the game, 71-65 with 9:22 remaining. Seven points by Brush, including a four-point play, and a pair of free throws from both Williams and junior guard Coby Gold (Denver, Colo./Kent Denver) gave the lead back to Macalester, 76-74 with 7:35 left to play. With the game tied at 79-79, the Scots went on a game-changing 16-5 run that put the game out of reach, 95-84 with 1:42 on the clock. Williams scored seven points and Brush made his fifth three-pointer of the game in the run.

Macalester made 7-of-8 from the free throw line the rest of the way, with Gold's free throw with 49 seconds left giving the Scots 100 points for the first time since a 116-87 victory at Saint Mary's on Jan. 13, 2018. Macalester went to the line 33 times, making 28 (84.8 percent) compared to 13-of-17 (76.5 percent) for the Blue Devils.

Williams led the Scots with 34 points on 11-of-21 shooting from the floor and a perfect 10-of-10 from the charity stripe. He also delivered seven assists. Wentz registered a career-high 20 points while making 5-of-7 from three-point range and grabbing a career-best eight rebounds. Brush also hit 5-of-7 from beyond the arc to tally a career-high 16 points, with Gold making it four Scots in double figures with 15 points. Shannon matched Wentz with eight boards to go with five points. Brody Fox led all players with 36 points.

Macalester travels to Boston, Mass., to play MIT on Saturday, Nov. 18. The game will be played at Boston University's Case Gym at 2:00 p.m. Eastern.