A tough shooting night for the UW-River Falls Falcons resulted in a 45-38 loss to the UW-Stevens Point Pointers. 

UWRF stayed in the game despite shooting 11-59 (18.6%) from the field and 4-28 (14.3%) from behind the arc. The Falcons did shoot 12-19 (63.2%) from the free throw line and grabbed eight more rebounds than the Pointers with 51 while forcing 15 turnovers. 

The Falcons got off to a slow start with their first points not coming until over 10 minutes into the first half when Hannah Pignato hit a three to make it 9-3 in favor of the Pointers. From that point UWRF went on a run and with 6:13 left in the half led 12-9 after a Richell Mehus layup. UWRF was down 22-17 going into the locker room at half led by six points from Theisen who went 4-4 from the line in the half. 

UWSP jumped out to a good second half start and led 30-19 with 15:47 to go in the half. Theisen converted an and-one and Pignato hit a three to bring the Falcons within five with 12 minutes to go.

When it looked like the Pointers might pull away again Taylor Karge hit a three to bring UWRF within four with just over six minutes left in the half. Two more Theisen free throws and an Ali Clark lay up after an offensive board made it a 36-36 game with 4:16 left in the game. The last two Falcon points came from Mehus free throws but the team could not hit the big shots down the stretch and went on to fall in the crucial WIAC game. 

Theisen led UWRF with 13 points and nine rebounds while also blocking two shots. Karge had a strong game defensively with four blocks and two steals. Pignato scored six points and Mehus scored five points while grabbing eight rebounds. 

The Falcons drop to 8-12 overall and 3-8 in the WIAC and will next play at UW-Oshkosh on Saturday with tip off set for 3 p.m. 

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