La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's basketball team lost their second straight Wisconsin Intercolegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) contest as they fell to UW-Oshkosh Wednesday night at Mitchell Hall. 
     
THE BASICS 
Final Score: UW-Oshkosh 68, UW-La Crosse 56
Location: Mitchell Hall, La Crosse, Wis.
Records: UWL 9-7, 2-3 WIAC, UWO 13-3, 4-1 WIAC
National Rankings: UW-Oshkosh ranked 21st on this weeks D3hoops.com top 25 poll. 
Next Up: UWL will be back in action on Saturday, January 20 when they travel to Eau Claire to play the Blugolds of UW-Eau Claire. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:00 pm.
 

       
HOW DID IT HAPPEN

• Lauryn Milne gave UWL an early 3-0 lead after the Eagles first possession;however, UW-Oshkosh would score 15 unanswered points to lead 15-3 with 1:39 left in the first quarter. Ali Sprangers would end the Titans run with a three-pointer. Allison Forney would give the Titans an 18-6 lead before the Eagles scored the final five points of the quarter to trail 18-11. Madisyn Kilboten recorded a steal and a layup as time expired for the final points of the first quarter.
• On the Eagles first possession of the second quarter, Lindsey Knuth hit a three -pointer followed by a jumper from Layryn Milne and a three-pointer from Kailee Meeker to pull the Eagles within 20-19 (7:35). After Kennedy Osterman gave the Titans a 24-21 lead, Katie Waukau tied the game with a three-pointer while Milne gave the Eagles a 26-24 lead with a jumper of her own with 3:58 left in the half. Osterman gave the Titans the lead back with a three-pointer and a layup to put UW-Oshkosh up 29-26. Milne would hit a jumper for the Eagles as UWL trailed 29-28 at the half. 
• UW-Oshkosh outscored UWL 18-10 in the third quarter  including taking a 13 point lead (47-34) with 2:04 left. The Titans used a 15-3 run to give them the 13 point lead. A layup by Kilboten and two free throws from Paige Schumann cut the Titans lead to 47-38 after three-quarters. 
• UWL would cut their deficit to seven on multiple occasions including 52-45 (5:06) but that would be as close as the Eagles would get the rest of the way. UW-Oshkosh would hit five of their final six free throws to help seal the win. 

   
FROM THE BOXSCORE

• Milne led all scorers with a game high 25 points to go along with a team high eight rebounds. Milne hit five three-pointers for the Eagles.
• Schumann finished with four points, six assists and four rebounds in 38 minutes. 
• As a team, UWL finished 19-of-45 (42.2%) from the floor including 10-of-26 (38.5%0 from behind the three-point line. The Eagles were also eight-of-12 (66.7%) from the free throw line.
• Osterman led the Titans with 18 points while Kayce Vaile added 16 points and Kate Huml finished with 11.
• For the game, UW-Oshkosh shot 21-of-44 (47.7%) from the floor including nine-of-23 (39.1%) from the three-point line. The Titans finished 17-of-22 (77.3)from the free throw line.