EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - The Coe men's basketball erased a 15-point deficit and had a two-point lead with 62 seconds remaining Tuesday night, but Wisconsin-Eau Claire regrouped and nipped the Kohawks 72-69 at a holiday tournament in Wisconsin.

Coe trailed by 15 points late in the first half and was losing 39-30 at intermission, but the Kohawks stormed back in the second half and took a 69-67 lead with 1:02 remaining on a free throw by Marshall Shedeck. Coe trailed 70-69 in the final seconds, but the Kohawks committed a turnover and Eau Claire scored two more points at the foul line.

Matt Vonderhaar scored 21 points for Coe (5-5). Shedeck finished with 15 points.

Tyson Kalien made six 3-pointers and led Wisconsin-Eau Claire (6-4) with 23 points.

COE (69): Timm 4 0-2 8, Vonderhaar 9 1-2 21, Haaland 3 0-0 7, Meyer 2 4-4 9, Shedeck 6 1-2 15, Jirak 0 0-0 0, Vorba 0 0-0 0 Pflughaupt 0 0-0 0, Wadsager 1 0-0 2, Fahey 2 1-2 5, Williams 1 0-0 2. Totals 28 7-12 69.

EAU-CLAIRE (72): Diekelman 2 6-6 10, Kalien 7 3-4 23 Martinek 3 1-2 8, Kohner 3 0-1 7, Schneidermann 2 0-0 6, Lucas 1 2-2 4, Hjelter 2 0-1 4, Duxbury 3 1-2 8, Miller 0 0-0 0, Becken 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 13-18 72.

Halftime - Eau-Claire 39, Coe 30. 3-point goals - Coe 6 (Vonderhaar, Shedeck 2, Haaland 1, Meyer 1), Eau Claire 11 (Kalien 6, Lucas 2, Martinek 1, Kohner 1, Duxbury 1).