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Morton equaled her career high with 22 points, and with 15 rebounds. Senior center Lindsey
Buechner and sophomore guard Heidi Sonntag added 16 apiece, and sophomore guard Kelsey
Hendrickson joined Schmidt in scoring ten points. Sonntag also recorded game highs in assists,
5, and steals, 4.
Senior guards Lindsey Geissler with 14 points and Joanna Bird with 11 led Stout.
Whitewater and Stout combined for 45 turnovers (22 UW-W), and 56 fouls that led to 80 free
throw attempts.
UW-W's victory broke a four game win streak for Stout, now 14-7 overall and 8-4 in the WIAC.
The Warhawks also won the meeting earlier this year, January 19 in Whitewater, 93-72.
UW-W, on a six game winning streak, will host UW-Platteville Wednesday at 7:00 in Kachel Gym
of Williams Center.
Warhawks Take Control of First Place WIAC
UW-Whitewater, ranked third in the D3hoops.com poll, is all alone in first place after a 94-64 rout
of UW-Platteville Wednesday night in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game at
Kachel Gym. The Warhawks (20-1 overall, 12-1 conference) move past UW-Eau Claire, which
lost to UW-Stevens Point 57-43.
The Pioneers kept the game close early on, as they trailed by only six, 14-8, at the 13:04 mark in
the first half. But the Warhawks took off on a 15-0 run to push the lead to 29-8 at 7:50 on a threepoint
basket by sophomore Nicole Bundy.
At halftime UW-W led 41-18. UW-P shot only 22.2% (6-27) from the field and committed fourteen
turnovers. Whitewater had only six turnovers and shot 40% (16-40) from the field.
In the second half the UW-Whitewater lead dipped below twenty points only once at 17:19, when
they led 45-26. The final margin, 94-64, was the largest of the game.
Sophomore guard Kelsey Hendrickson had a game-high twenty-four points to lead four
Warhawks in double figures. Sophomore center Tiffany Morton scored sixteen, junior forward
Meghan Schmidt added fifteen, and sophomore guard Heidi Sonntag contributed eleven.
Sonntag led UW-W with four assists and had a game-high four steals.
Junior guard Lisa Wubben scored twenty-points and dished out eight assists to lead the
Pioneers. Freshman guard Angie Vamstad and junior forward Lisa Grantman added eleven
points apiece.
Whitewater's scoring margin showed up at the line and behind the arc. The Warhawks made 21-
29 free throws (P 12-19) and 9-20 three-pointers (P 4-12).
With the loss, UW-Platteville falls to 10-12 overall and 4-9 in the WIAC.
The Warhawks will travel to UW-Stevens Point (18-4, 9-4) Saturday.
#3 Warhawks Fall to Pointers
UW-Whitewater came in Saturday's game ranked third in the D3hoops.com poll and alone in first
place in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. A 64-62 loss at UW-Stevens Point left
Whitewater sharing the league lead and wondering what the loss to their number one ranking in
the NCAA III regional poll, the poll that determines bids and hosts when the WIAC is finished with
its postseason tournament.
Stevens Point controlled the first half, with Whitewater's lone lead 18-17 on two free throws by
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