WOMEN'S BASKETBALL - UW-Whitewater Athletics

Platteville led 5-4 with 18:10 left in the first half, but that was the last time the Pioneer lead in the
game. Whitewater blew the game open by out-scoring UW-P 30-6 over the next ten minutes.
UW-W led 53-24 at halftime. The Pioneers had 22 turnovers in the first twenty minutes.
Platteville never cut the margin below twenty-three points in the second half.
UW-W used twenty players in the game, and twelve of them scored. Sophomore center Dana
Thompson scored a season high 17 points. Sophomore guard Heidi Sonntag added 15 points,
junior center Tiffany Morton 12, and sophomore guard Kelsey Hendrickson 11. Senior guard
Trisha Thill contributed five assists, and Sonntag added five steals to her performance. UW-P
was led by junior guard Lisa Wubben's 18 points, and freshman center Ashley Callahan grabbed
a game high 12 rebounds.
The Warhawks won both of the regular season games with the Pioneers, 85-63 January 23 in
Platteville and 94-64 February 13 in Whitewater. UW-Platteville ends the season 11-15.
The WIAC Tournament championship will be played Saturday and will be hosted by the highest
remaining seed.
Warhawks Fall in WIAC Semifinal, Await Possible NCAA Berth
Conference co-champion, and fourth ranked, UW-Whitewater fell to third seeded, and nineteenth
ranked, UW-Stevens Point 79-71 Thursday night in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference Tournament semifinal in Kachel Gym of Williams Center.
The Warhawks' lone lead in the game was 21-20 at 8:48. Over the next four minutes the Pointers
out-scored UW-W 18-6 to up the margin to 38-27 at 4:27. The half ended with UW-SP leading 43-
33 on 53% shooting from the floor, including 5-6 from three point range.
Whitewater opened the second half with six straight points, pulling within four at 43-39. It still was
four, 45-41 at 17:31, but a 10-4 Point streak made it 55-44. On two other occasions Whitewater
pulled within six in the second half, but the Pointers also had a double-digit advantage six times in
the second half.
UW-SP senior guard Haley Houghton scored 23 to lead all scorers. Junior forward Jessi Sporle
added 14 and senior forward Chelsea Kranz 10. Houghton also led the Pointers with eight
rebounds. Junior center Tiffany Morton led Whitewater with 19 points, and senior center Lindsey
Buechner contributed 15. Morton made it a double double with 12 rebounds.
The Pointers wound up shooting 85%, 6-7, from beyond the arc. They also hit 93%, 15-16, from
the line. Whitewater was 3-15 from long range, many coming in a effort to cut the deficit, and 16-
24 (67%) from the line.
Whitewater and Point split their games during the conference season. UW-W won 75-71
December 1 in Whitewater, and the Pointers won 64-62 February 16 at UW-SP.
UW-Stevens Point, 23-4, will travel to conference co-champion UW-Eau Claire for the WIAC
Tournament championship Saturday. The Blugolds defeated UW-Stout 86-61 in Thursday's other
semifinal in Eau Claire. The winner of the WIAC Tournament, not the regular season, earns the
league's automatic bid to the NCAA III championship tournament.
UW-W finishes the regular season 24-3. Bids to the NCAA III championship tournament, which
begins play Wednesday or Friday depending on seeding, travel and teams in the field, will be
announced Monday morning, March 3.
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