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Van Gomple Has Big Day, But
Pointers Fall at Stout
Box Score
Janell Van Gomple scored a career-high 16
points, but it wasn�t enough to help the UW-Stevens Point women�s
basketball team overcome its difficulties at UW-Stout�s Johnson
Fieldhouse as the Pointers fell to the Blue Devils 71-68 on Saturday in
Menomonie.
The Pointers have now lost 18 of their last 19
trips to Menomonie and fell to 9-3 overall and 3-3 in the Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with the three defeats coming by a
combined total of 11 points. UW-Stout took over sole possession of first
place in the WIAC and is now 12-3 overall and 5-1 in the league.
Van Gomple nearly aided an improbable rally
for the Pointers, who trailed by seven points with 1:18 to play, by
hitting a three-pointer with four seconds left to cut the lead to one
point. UW-Stout�s Joanna Bird missed two ensuing free throws with 3.8
seconds remaining, but the Blue Devils� Lindsey Geissler tracked down
the rebound in the corner and made two free throws after being fouled
with 1.1 seconds left. The Pointers were unable to attempt a desperation
three-pointer in the final second.
UW-Stout also had a big offensive rebound
after a missed free throw with 10 seconds left. Leading by three points,
Geissler missed two free throws, but Kelsey Duoss rebounded the second
miss for the Blue Devils and was fouled. She also missed the first free
throw, but made the second for a four-point lead before Van Gomple�s
three-pointer, which was the Pointers� only successful shot in 14
attempts from behind the arc. UW-Stout was 25-for-39 from the free throw
line, including four-for-13 in the final 1:06 of the game as the
Pointers committed a total of 30 personal fouls.
A see-saw first half featured 11 lead changes
with UW-Stout scoring two field goals in the final 42 seconds to take a
33-29 lead into halftime. The Blue Devils held the Pointers without a
point and forced six turnovers over a span of 4:22 in the second half,
using a 6-0 run to expand the lead to 50-42 with 9:34 left. However, the
Pointers used a 9-1 run of their own capped by a Van Gomple layup to tie
the game at 51-51 with 7:37 left.
The game was tied 53-53 with 5:50 remaining
when Duoss made two free throws after grabbing an offensive rebound. She
followed with another basket and Kim Stokke added a free throw as the
Blue Devils took control with a 58-53 lead with 3:58 to play.
Duoss finished with a game-high 18 points and
10 rebounds, while Geissler had 12 points. Haley Houghton chipped in 11
points and Nathalie Lechault had 10 points for the Pointers. |
