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Houghton's Fast Start Helps
Egner Claim 300th
Box Score
Haley Houghton got the UW-Stevens Point
women�s basketball team off to a fast start by scoring the game�s first
eight points and the Pointers never looked back in an 84-48 win over
UW-Superior on Wednesday at Berg Gym.
The victory marked the 300th career win for
Pointers� coach Shirley Egner, who is now 300-154 in her 18th season.
Egner is the second coach in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference history to reach the mark and will face the other on Saturday
when the Pointers visit UW-Stout and coach Mark Thomas.
Houghton opened the game with a three-pointer
and then made a fastbreak layup before adding another three-pointer for
the early cushion. UW-Superior�s Katie Moench hit three three-pointers
in the first seven minutes as the Yellowjackets trimmed the lead to
14-12. UW-Stevens Point led 22-18 with eight minutes left in the half
and went on an 11-2 run that was capped by another Houghton
three-pointer for a 33-20 advantage. The junior guard finished with 15
of her 17 points in the first half.
The Pointers led 43-25 at halftime and opened
the second half with a 17-5 run that was finished by Houghton�s only
basket of the half for a 58-30 lead with 13:46 remaining.
UW-Stevens Point had no player play for more
than 20 minutes in the contest and had 52 of its 84 points scored by
reserves with 14 different players scoring points. Ashley Windt
contributed a career-high 15 points off the bench and was four-for-five
from three-point range.
UW-Stevens Point also held a 43-22 rebounding
advantage and had 19 offensive rebounds. The Pointers were 10-for-20
from three-point range, marking their most in a game since making 10
against UW-Superior on Feb. 22, 2003.
The Pointers, who are ranked 24th in the NCAA
Division III, are now 10-2 overall and 3-2 in the WIAC. UW-Superior had
a three-game winning streak snapped and fell to 5-6 overall and 0-5 in
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