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Pointers Repeat 10-Point
Victory Over Lawrence
Box Score
UW-Stevens Point delivered its second 10-point
win over Lawrence in less than a month as the Pointers posted a 65-55
women�s basketball victory over the Vikings on Tuesday in Appleton.
The Pointers, who beat the Vikings 75-65 on Nov.
17, had an incredibly balanced attack with seven players scoring between
seven and nine points. In fact, neither team had a player score double
figures and five Pointers� players grabbed at least four rebounds.
It marked the first time since 1985-86 that the
Pointers have scheduled a non-conference foe twice in the same season as
UW-Stevens Point improved to 8-2 overall. Lawrence fell to 4-3 for the
season and had a four-game winning streak snapped after opening the year
with two losses in the Pointers� tournament.
The teams opened the game red-hot from the
floor, each scoring 21 points in the first nine and a half minutes of the
game. Things cooled considerably from that point, especially on Lawrence�s
side where the Vikings scored six points the rest of the half and trailed
33-27 at halftime. In fact, neither team made a field goal in the final
4:34 of the period with UW-Stevens Point scoring the only three points
during the span from the free throw line.
After missing their last six field goal attempts
of the first half, the Vikings� cold spell continued into the start of the
second half as they missed six more shots before Erin Henzi�s basket
finally snapped an 8-1 Pointers� run and trimmed the lead to 41-30 with
15:35 left. UW-Stevens Point kept the Vikings without another point and
opened up its biggest lead of the game at 14 points until Jen Gabriele hit
a three-pointer to cut the lead to 44-33 with 11:28 remaining.
Gabriele�s shot started a 9-0 run as the Vikings
cut the lead to five points, however, Laura Neuenfeldt hit a short jumper
to end the spurt and Nathalie Lechault followed with an inside basket to
push the Pointers� lead back to 48-39 with 7:40 left. Lawrence twice cut
the lead to six points, but Janell Van Gomple and Katie Webber hit
three-pointers on each of the Pointers� ensuing possessions to smother any
potential rally.
Webber, Haley Houghton and Chelsea Kranz each had
nine points for UW-Stevens Point. Lechault had eight points and five
rebounds in just 13 minutes while battling foul trouble. Gabriele hit
three three-pointers in nine minutes down the stretch to lead Lawrence
with nine points. |
