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Women's Basketball

Pointers lose tight battle at UW-Oshkosh, 56-53

OSHKOSH, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team lost on the road to UW-Oshkosh Wednesday night in the final seconds, 56-53.

Box Score

Sam Barber (Schofield, WI/D.C. Everest/Winona St.) beat the first-half buzzer to put UWSP (18-5, 10-4 WIAC) on top 31-22 entering halftime.

Oshkosh (18-4, 10-3 WIAC) reclaimed the lead less than four minutes into the second half when a jumper by Heather Conroy put the Titans ahead 34-33.

Oshkosh's lead peaked at 42-38 with 11:21 left in the second half, but Baber hit a 3-pointer with 9:15 on the clock to put the Pointers ahead 44-43.

Neither team led by more than three points for the rest of the game.

With the Pointers trailing 53-51, Myranda Tyler (Grafton, WI/Grafton) hit a game-tying layup with 26 seconds remaining.

However, Katie Kitzke connected on a 3-pointer with three seconds left to secure the win for the Titans.

Barber led all scorers with 24 points and grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds for the Pointers.

Kitzke led the Titans in scoring with 14 points.

The Pointers return home Wednesday, Feb. 13 when they host UW-Stout for a 7 p.m. tipoff. 
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