Muhleisen Helps Big 12 All-Stars To Third Straight Victory

ASKER, Norway -- Jake Sullivan of Iowa State hit five 3-pointers and scored 15 points to lead the Big 12 Men's Basketball All-Star squad to a convincing 92-69 win over the Norwegian national team Saturday at the Vollen Gymnasium in Asker, Norway. Nebraska's Jake Muhleisen added nine points in the win, which came in the first of a two-game series against the Norwegian nationals, and pushed the Big 12's record to 3-0 on its current tour of Scandinavia.

"We played a stiffer competition tonight in the national team and I thought we responded real well," Baylor head coach Dave Bliss said. "We had a great day of touring around so you never really know where you might leave your legs. I felt we got off to a great start, and then had a typical game in that we kind of jockeyed for position in the first quarter and then we were able to extend it."

In what is becoming a trend, the Big 12 All-Stars used a big second-quarter push to open a comfortable lead. Up 27-23 after one quarter, the Big 12 All-Stars scored 15 unanswered points to start the second period and extend their lead to 19.

Muhleisen hit 3-of-9 shots from the floor but remain among the team's scoring leaders by averaging 10.3 points per game in the All-Stars' first three contests. Sullivan was a perfect 5-for-5 from the field, all 3-pointers, to finish with a team-high 15 points. Anderson of Texas A&M scored 12 points and had seven rebounds and three steals.

The Big 12 All-Stars, consisting of one player from each conference school, return to face the Norwegian national team again Sunday in Asker, a suburb of Oslo. The All-Stars are three games into a six-game, 11-day tour of Sweden, Norway and Denmark. This is the sixth annual Big 12 All-Star team, and the third men's squad.

 

Box score
Aug. 10, 2002 -- Vollen Gymnasium (Asker, Norway)

Big 12 All-Stars       27-25-15-25    92
Norway Nationals    23-09-12-25    69

Big 12 All-Stars (3-0) -- Sullivan 5-5 0-0 15, Anderson 5-7 0-0 12, Roberts 3-5 3-4 10, McFarlin 4-6 1-2 9, Muhleisen 3-9 2-2 9, Wilson 3-10 2-2 9, Bryant 3-5 2-3 8, White 2-4 2-6 8, Klotz 2-5 2-3 6, Pasco 2-5 2-4 6, Chavis 0-2 0-0 0, Nash 0-0 0-0 0.

Halftime -- Big 12 52, Norway 32. Fouled out -- Pasco. 3-Point FGs -- Big 12 12-23 (Sullivan 5-5, Anderson 2-3, White 2-2). Rebounds -- Big 12 44 (Pasco 8, Anderson 7). Assists -- Big 12 16 (White 5, McFarlin 3). Total fouls -- Big 12 18.

A-102.