La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Women's Basketball team battled with the one of the top teams in the country but their upset bid came up just short as they fell 55-48 to #3 UW-Oshkosh on Wednesday night. 

THE BASICS 
Final Score: UW-Oshkosh 55, UW-La Crosse 48
Location: Mitchell Hall, La Crosse, Wis. 
Records: UWL 8-5 (1-1 WIAC), UW-Oshkosh 13-0 (2-0 WIAC)
National Rankings: UW-Oshkosh is ranked third on this weeks D3hoops.com Top-25 poll and fourth on the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Top-25 poll. 
Next Up: The Eagles return to action on Saturday, January 10th when they host UW-Platteville at 3:00 p.m. The Eagles will be hosting Bubba's Youth Day and spread awareness for pregnancy and infant loss as well on Saturday. Bubba was the nickname of Charlie Lonning Weber the son of Head Coach Moran Lonning and Alex Weber, who unexpectedly passed away at the young age of just three months old. Admission to the game is free for everyone.    

HOW DID IT HAPPEN

• The Titans would take an early 8-4 (6:10) lead on a jumper by Sammi Beyer but UWL would respond with an 11-2 run to lead 15-10 with 2:05 left in the first quarter. Lindsey Knuth, Katie Waukau and Molly Janke would all hit a three-pointer during the Eagles run. UW-Oshkosh would score the final six points of the quarter to lead 16-15 heading into the second quarter.
• UW-Oshkosh would score the first two points of the second quarter; however, UWL got back-to-back jumpers from Malia Nelson and Grace Knupp to retake the lead at 19-18 (6:53). After the Titans took a 22-21 lead, the Eagles got a Rachel Agg free throw and a three-pointer from Katie Waukau with :22 left in the half to lead 25-22. Paige Seckar would hit a layup as time expired as the Titans trailed 25-24 at halftime. 
• UWL scored the first three points of the third quarter (28-25) but the Titans quickly scored four unanswered to lead 29-28 with 6:42 left in the quarter. Both teams would trade baskets of the final 4:04 as UWL led 36-34 heading into the fourth quarter. 
• Madisyn Kilboten would extend the Eagles lead to 38-34 with a layup on UWL's first possession of the fourth quarter. Beyer would give the Titans a 43-39 lead on a jumper but Jenna Welsch's three-pointer with 5:40 left cut the Eagles deficit to 43-42. UW-Oshkosh would get a basket from Seckar followed by two Sarah Harwick free throws to extend their lead to 47-42 with 3:10 remaining and UWL would not get any closer than four (50-46, 1:08) the rest of the way. 

FROM THE BOX SCORE

• As a team, the Eagles finished 20-of-51 (39.2%) from the floor including five-of-12 (41.7%) from the three-point line. UWL was also three-of-11 (27.3%) from the free throw line.
• Knupp led the Eagles with 12 points while Nelson added nine points. Janke and Kilboten each added seven points.
• Janke finished with a game high 12 rebounds while Nelson had seven to help give the Eagles a slight 36-33 advantage in rebounding. 
• UW-Oshkosh would shoot 22-of-54 (40.7%) from the floor including two-of-17 (11.8%) from the three-point line. The Titans were also nine-of-13 (69.2%) from the free throw line. 
• Seckar led the Titans with 17 points and 10 rebounds while Beyer finished with 15 points and six rebounds.