Box Score APPLETON – A cold-shooting night doomed St. Norbert College against a hot-shooting Lawrence University squad in a 68-56 loss in a non-conference game at Alexander Gym.
 
St. Norbert shot 28.2 percent from the floor, making 20 of 71 field-goal attempts. The Green Knights were 4-for-26 (15.4 percent) from beyond the three-point arc.
 
The Green Knights (0-2) never led as the Vikings (1-3) jumped out to an early 11-2 lead and stayed in control throughout the game. St. Norbert got to within 29-28 late in the first half before trailing 31-28 at halftime.
 
St. Norbert got the opening points of the second half and then had the ball but missed, and the Vikings then went on a 12-2 run to take a 43-32 lead with 15:26 left. Lawrence would eventually take a 59-40 lead with 6:10 left. The Green Knights went on a 10-0 run over the next 4:10 to get to within 59-50 with 2 minutes to go. St. Norbert's 61-53 deficit with 1:32 remaining would be as close as the Green Knights would get the rest of the way.
 
The Green Knights got 12 points from Kyle Krueger and 10 from Carter Gebler. Jamison Nickolai had 13 rebounds.
 
Lawrence shot 47.1 percent (24-for-51) and was 9-for-23 (39.1 percent) from distance. Adnan Sarancic led the Vikings with 25 points.