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Huge Second Half Run Seals
Home Playoff Game
Box Score
UW-Stevens Point busted open a tight game with
a huge second half run to pull away from UW-Superior for a 75-60 victory
on Saturday in Superior and clinch a first round home game in next
week�s Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament.
The Pointers trailed by three points in the
second half, but scored the next 11 points during the start of a 26-4 run.
With the victory, UW-Stevens Point will host UW-River Falls in the WIAC
quarterfinals on Monday at 7 p.m. at Berg Gym. The Pointers, who are now
18-6 overall and 10-6 in the WIAC, are hosting a first round game for the
seventh straight year.
UW-Stevens Point and UW-Superior were hooked up
in a tightly-contested first half as neither team held bigger than a
six-point lead. The Yellowjackets led 29-28 at halftime and held a 41-38
lead after Jessie Matkovich drained a three-pointer with 15:08 left in the
game.
The Pointers started their rally on a layup by
Janell Van Gomple following a Yellowjackets� turnover. Nathalie Lechault
then connected on two free throws to give the Pointers a 42-41 lead on the
14th lead change of the game and then added two more baskets. Lechault
finished with six points for the game and scored them all consecutively
during the decisive spurt.
UW-Stevens Point shot just 33.3 percent in the
first half, but increased that percentage to 53.3 in the second half and
43.3 percent for the game. UW-Superior shot 38.2 percent for the game and
had 22 turnovers.
Junior center Jesirae Heuer scored a career-high
19 points on six-for-six shooting from the field in 16 minutes off the
bench for the Pointers. Laura Neuenfeldt added 13 points for UW-Stevens
Point.
UW-Superior�s Katie Moench scored 14 points and
Carissa Nord added 12 points for the Yellowjackets, who ended the season
8-17 overall and 2-14 in the WIAC. |
