La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's basketball team defeated Loras College (Iowa) for their final home non-conference game of the season Saturday night. 

THE BASICS 
Final Score: UW-La Crosse 62, Loras College (Iowa) 56
Location: Mitchell Hall, La Crosse, Wis.  
Records: UWL 6-3, Loras College (Iowa) 1-7
Next Up: UWL does not return to action until December 28 and 29 when they travel to Greensboro, N.C. to play in the Guilford College (N.C.) Holiday Tournament. The Eagles will face Guilford College (N.C.) on December 28 at 2 p.m. (CST) and then will place University of Mary Washington (Va.) at 12 p.m. (CST) December 29. 
 

                     
HOW DID IT HAPPEN

• Trailing 8-4 with 5:00 left in the first quarter, UWL went on a 10-0 run to take a 14-8 lead (2:06). Katie Waukau started the run with a three-pointer while Lindsey Knuth ended the run with a three-pointer. Ashtyn Kelderman would hit a three-pointer from half court as time expired to cut Loras' deficit to 14-13 after the first quarter.
• Grace Knupp would hit a three-pointer and a jumper to start the second quarter to give the Eagles an 18-13 lead. Loras would score the next six points to take a 19-18 lead with 6:34 remaining in the second quarter. The two teams would traded baskets before the Eagles scored the final six points of the half to lead 27-22. 
• After Loras cut their deficit to 29-27, UWL got a layup from Knupp and a free throw by Ali Sprangers to take a 32-27 lead midway through the third quarter. The Duhawks would tie it at 32 on a layup by Silvana Scarsella with 3:35 left. Waukau would hit a three-pointer for the Eagles followed by two free throws from Lauryn Milne to put UWL up 37-32 (1:14). Loras scored the final four points of the quarter to pull within one at 37-36 heading in to the fourth quarter. 
• Trailing 41-36 with 6:31 remaining, Loras scored five straight including a three-pointer from Lexi Beier to tie it at 41. Back-to-back three-pointers by Sprangers would give UWL a 50-42 lead with just under four minutes to play. Beier would cut the Duhawks deficit to 52-48 with a three-pointer but Waukau hit an Eagle three-pointer on the next possession (1:21) and Loras would not get any closer than six the rest of the way. 

FROM THE BOX SCORE

• As a team, the Eagles finished 20-of-62 (32.3%) from the floor including seven-of-27 (25.9%) from the three-point line. UWL was also 15-of-24 (62.5%) from the free throw line. 
• Knupp led the Eagles with 17 points, two assists and three steals while Sprangers added 12 points, nine rebounds and four block shots.  
• Milne grabbed seven rebounds to help the Eagles have a 46-39 advantage on the boards while also also scoring eight points. 
• The Duhawks shot 19-of-56 (33.9%) from the floor including six-of-27 (22.2%) from the three-point line. Loras also finished 12-of-22 from the free throw line. 
• Beier led all scorers with 18 points while Scarsella added 11 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.