Holland, MIch. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's basketball team's upset bid came up just short as they fell 68-65 to #19 Hope College (Mich.) Tuesday night. 

THE BASICS 
Final Score: Hope College (Mich.) 68, UW-La Crosse 65
Location: DeVos Fieldhouse, Holland, Mich. 
Records: UWL 4-2, Hope College (Mich.) 4-2
National Rankings: Hope College (Mich.) is ranked 19th on this weeks D3hoops.com Top-25 poll. 
Next Up: The Eagles return home this weekend as they host the Gundersen Hotel and Suites Thanksgiving Classic November 30 and December 1. UWL will first play the Concordia Moorhead College (Minn.) at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Then on Sunday the Eagles will face the College of St. Benedict (Minn.) at 4:00 p.m.
 

                   
HOW DID IT HAPPEN

• After two free throws by Leah Richards gave the Flying Dutch a 9-6 lead in the first quarter, a layup by Madisyn Kilboten and a jumper from Lauryn Milne would give the Eagles its first lead of the game at 10-9 with 4:58 remaining. Anna Richards then gave Hope a 12-10 lead but UWL would get back-to-back three-pointers by Milne and Malia Nelson to lead 16-12 (3:10). Hope would get a layup from Jada Garner to tie it at 18 at the end of the first quarter. 
• The Flying Dutch would open the second quarter with a 11-4 run to take a 29-22 lead with 6:34 left in the half. Hope would extend their lead to its largest of the half at 39-29 with 1:57 left. UWL would get a three-pointer from Grace Knupp followed by a layup to finish the first half scoring at UWL trailed 39-34 at halftime. 
• Ali Sprangers would score the first five points of the second half for UWL to tie the game at 39. Kailee Meeker would then give the Eagles a 43-41 lead before the Flying Dutch scored seven unanswered to lead 48-43 with 2:46 left in the third quarter. Katie Waukau would tie the game at 49 with a three-pointer before Garner's three-pointer gave Hope a 52-50 lead at the end of the third quarter. 
• Milne's three-pointer would cut UWL's deficit to 54-53 (7:45); however, Hope would go on a 14-5 run to take its largest lead of the game at 68-58 with 2:10 remaining. Two free throws by Sprangers followed by a Knupp layup and three-pointer would pull UWL to within 68-65 with :55 left but that would be all the scoring for either team. Sprangers would get a three-pointer off with :02 left but Leah Richards blocked it to end the game. 

FROM THE BOXSCORE

• As a team, the Eagles finished 25-of-63 (39.7%) from the floor including 10-of-29 (34.5%) from the three point line. UWL was also five-of-seven from the free throw line.
• Individually UWL was led by Milne with 16 points while Sprangers finished with 13 and Knupp added 10 points. 
• Nelson grabbed a team high eight rebounds to along with eight points and two steals. 
• Hope shot 23-of-53 (43.4%) from the floor including six-of-18 (33.3%) from the three-point line. The Flying Dutch finished 16-of-22 (72.7%) from the free throw line. 
• Anna Richards came off the bench to lead Hope with 18 points while Leah Richards added a team high eight rebounds to go along with eight points.