Oshkosh, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's basketball fell in a match-up of Top-25 teams as UW-Oshkosh defeated the Eagles 61-35 on Wednesday night.
THE BASICS
Final Score: #5 UW-Oshkosh 61, UW-La Crosse 35
Location: Kolf Sports Center, Oshkosh, Wis.
Records: UWL 15-9 (8-5 WIAC), UW-Oshkosh 22-2 (11-2 WIAC)
National Rankings: UW-Oshkosh is ranked #1 on this weeks NCAA National Power Index (NPI) while UWL is 26th. Both teams are also on this weeks D3hoops.com Top-25 poll as the Titans are fifth and UWL is 25th.
Next Up: The Eagles will travel to Eau Claire, Wis. for their final regular season game to face the Blugolds of UW-Eau Claire. Tip-off is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Sonnetag Event Center. UWL defeated UW-Eau Claire 77-55 in their first meet back on January 17th. UWL was led
Madisyn Kilboten with 17 points while
Molly Janke added 12 points and nine rebounds.
#23 Grace Knupp
HOW DID IT HAPPEN
- UWL would score the first six points of the game including four by Grace Knupp to force a UW-Oshkosh timeout just 2:08 into the game. After UWL took an 8-2 lead, UW-Oshkosh went on a 14-2 run over the final 4:54 of the first quarter to lead 16-10.
- The Eagles would score the first two points of the second quarter but that would be the only points for the Eagles as the Titans outscored them 10-2. The Titans would lead 26-12 at halftime.
- The second half would be much of the same in the second half for the Eagles as they shot just eight-of-24 from floor while the Titans shot 13-of-26. The Titans led by as many as 34 points (61-27) while UWL would never get closer than 14 in the second half.
FROM THE BOX SCORE
- As a team, the Eagles finished 14-of-53 (26.4%) from the floor including three-of-18 (16.7%) from the three-point line. UWL was also four-of-four (100.0%) from the free throw line.
- Janke led the Eagles with nine points and seven rebounds while Knupp added eight points.
- UW-Oshkosh would shoot 23-of-54 (42.6%) from the floor including seven-of-18 (38.9%) from the three-point line. The Titans were also eight-of-10 (80.0%) from the free throw line.
- Sammi Beyer led the Titans with 16 points while Sarah Hardwick added nine points and 13 rebounds.
