Feb. 4, 2002

CHICAGO (AP)- Clay Tucker scored 20 points Monday night as Wisconsin-Milwaukee rallied in the second half to beat Loyola of Chicago 80-70.

The win kept the Panthers (13-9, 8-2 Horizon League) in first place in the conference.

The Ramblers (12-9, 7-4) led for much of the first half and were ahead 34-28 at halftime behind David Bailey's 19 first-half points.

Bailey led all scorers with 23 points but got his fourth foul with 11:10 left and fouled out with 3:45 remaining.

The Ramblers were up 41-38 early in the second half but the Panthers ran off 12 straight points, capped by two 3-pointers from Jason Fredcerick and Tucker.

Milwaukee led by as many 15 points late in the game before the Ramblers staged a mini-rally.

Ryan Blankson and Jason Telford had 14 points each for Loyola. Frederick had 16 points and Ronnie Jones had 15 for Milwaukee.

Loyola shot 50 percent from the field in the first half but only 28 percent, a miserable 11-of-40, after the break.