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La Crosse, Wis. (uwrfsports.com) – In a tough road environment the UW-River Falls women's basketball team offensive struggles continued which led to a 62-43 loss against UW-La Crosse.

THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: UW-River Falls: 43, UW-La Crosse 62
Location: Mitchell Hall, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Record: UWRF: 6-14 (1-8 WIAC), UW-La Crosse 11-9 (5-4 WIAC)
 
WHAT HAPPENED

• The Eagles outscored the Falcons in every quarter of the game, the Falcons led early on, but after a big run by UW-La Crosse, the Falcons only came within eight points the rest of the game.
• In the first few minutes UWRF and UW-La Crosse exchanged buckets, with UWRF up 12-11 with 3:35 to go in the first quarter. Kate  Theisen scored five of the first 12 points for the Falcons.
• The Eagles finally broke the tight game with an 11-0 run at the end of the first quarter and into the start of the second quarter. UW-La Crosse went up by as much as 15 points in the second quarter.
• UW-River Falls had chances in the third quarter to make a comeback, but after pulling within eight points with 7:54 to go in the third, the Eagles went on a 7-0 to bring the lead back to 15 points.
• UW-La Crosse grew a lead as big as 19 points in the second half, which was at 54 seconds left in the game.
• Taylor Karge scored seven points in the second half to lead all Falcons scorers.         

 
IN-DEPTH LOOK

• Theisen led UWRF with a total of 13 points on 5-7 shooting including 3-3 from the free throw line. She added five rebounds, all defensive.
• Karge scored 11 points for UWRF. She also had five rebounds, three of them coming on the offensive end.
• Taylor Paulsrud added eight points for UWRF on 3-5 shooting. She connected on two shots from downtown.
• From the floor, UW-River Falls shot 17-53 (32.1 percent) and had four shot fall from the three point line.

THE OPPOSITION

• MaKenzie Miller scored a game-high 27 points on 10-21 shooting from the floor. None of her shots came from outside the paint. She was also 7-8 from the free throw line. Miller also registered a double-double with 12 rebounds.
• Rachel Atchison scored 12 points off the bench for the Eagles. She was 4-5 from the floor and three of her shots were from the three point line. She also added three rebounds.
• From the field, UW-La Crosse shot 21-54 (38.9 percent) and sank six shots from the three point line. From the free throw line, the Eagles were 14-18 (77.8 percent) from the free throw line.

 
LOOKING AHEAD
UWRF will continue their trip on the road with their next game at UW-Oshkosh (18-2, 8-1 WIAC) on February 4^th. The game will begin at 3 p.m.