karge contested
Kathy M Helgeson
48
UW-River Falls UWRFW 11-4, 3-1 WIAC
64
Winner UW-Stevens Point UWSP 5-10, 0-4 WIAC
UW-River Falls UWRFW
11-4, 3-1 WIAC
48
Final
64
UW-Stevens Point UWSP
5-10, 0-4 WIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UW-River Falls UWRFW 15 13 6 14 48
UW-Stevens Point UWSP 11 19 22 12 64

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | UWRF Sports Information

Women's Basketball Falls to Pointers on Road

Stevens Point, Wis. (uwrfsports.com) – After a quick first quarter start, the UW-River Falls women's basketball team was outscored 22-6 in the third quarter and dropped their fourth WIAC game of the season.

THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: UW-River Falls: 48, UW-Stevens Point 64
Location: Berg Gymnasium, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Record: UWRF: 5-10 (0-4 WIAC), UW-Stevens Point 10-5 (3-1 WIAC)
 
WHAT HAPPENED
  • The Falcons outscored the Pointers 15-11 in the opening quarter, but between the second and third quarters the Pointers outscored the Falcons 41-19 to grow a substantial lead and coasted to the win.
  • UWRF used a 9-2 run late in the first quarter to grow a lead of six points with four different Falcons scoring in the run capped off by a Mikaela Wilson and-one.
  • UWRF began the second quarter with a nice spurt. The Falcons lead was up to seven after five straight points by Hannah Pignato, but the Pointers stormed back.
  • UWSP hung around in the second quarter, but finally regained the lead by scoring the final four points of the period via free throws and took a 30-28 lead into the halftime break.
  • The Pointers outscored the Falcons by 16 points in the third quarter, and would enter the fourth quarter with a lead of 52-34.
  • In the fourth, the Falcons outscored the Pointers 14-12, but could not muster one last run to get back into the game.       
 
IN-DEPTH LOOK
  • Taylor Karge was the leading scorer for Falcons with 15 points on 7-12 shooting. She also gobbled up six rebounds and had three assists, one block, and a steal.
  • Kate Theisen scored eight points for UWRF on 4-7 shooting and Hannah Pignato and Ali Clark scored six each.
  • UWRF shot 20-45 (44.4 percent) from the floor in the loss. UWRF scored most of their points in the paint with 26, and got 14 points from their bench.

THE OPPOSITION
  • UW-Stevens Point was led by Lauren Anklam with 18 points. She shot 6-11 from the floor and knocked down a pair of three pointers.
  • Autumn Hennes scored 15 for UWSP and shot 7-11 from the field. The Pointers top five scorers were all their starters. Taylor Barrett was the final Pointer in double figures with 10, she shot 6-8 from the free throw line.
  • From the field UW-Stevens Point shot 22-48 (45.8 percent) and 5-22 (22.7 percent) from downtown.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
UW-River Falls will return home on January 18th with a matchup with UW-La Crosse (8-7, 2-2 WIAC). The game will tip at 7 p.m.
 
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