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Home Court Wins Out Again at
Eau Claire
Box Score
Home court advantage ruled again in the series
between UW-Stevens Point and UW-Eau Claire as the Blugolds made it 10
straight wins for the home squad in a 60-51 win Wednesday in Eau Claire.
Neither team held bigger than a six-point lead
until the final minute of the game when the Blugolds finally pulled away
for the victory in a matchup between two teams in a battle for the
second place spot in the conference standings. UW-Eau Claire is now 14-7
overall and 8-4 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference,
while the Pointers fell to 14-5 overall and 6-5 in the league.
UW-Stevens Point�s Haley Houghton hit a
three-pointer with 6:53 left to tie the game at 48-48, however, the
Pointers were held without a field goal the rest of the game. UW-Stevens
Point had five turnovers and was three-for-nine from the free throw line
over the final six minutes.
UW-Eau Claire struggled nearly as much down
the stretch, missing five of its next seven shots, but finally took a
55-49 lead on two free throws by Michelle Burns with 1:11 left. The free
throws capped a stretch of seven straight points for Burns, who finished
with a game-high 19 points.
Katie Webber hit two free throws for the
Pointers to cut the deficit back to four points, but the Blugolds ran
down the shot clock and Heidi Arciszewski delivered a three-pointer just
before the horn for a 58-51 advantage.
UW-Stevens Point, which trailed 27-26 at
halftime, had another balanced scoring effort with Houghton leading the
team with 11 points. The Pointers were hampered by 25 turnovers.
Ashley Anderson added 12 points off the bench
for UW-Eau Claire, which is ranked third in the NCAA Division III in
free throw shooting and made 15 of 17 attempts in the win. |
