STEVENS POINT, Wis. – After exploding for 92 points in a season-opening win, the UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team travels to Chicago to face two of the University Athletic Association's (UAA) top teams No. 9 Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Chicago on Friday and Saturday.

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Who: UW-Stevens Point (1-0) vs. No. 9 Washington U. (1-0)
When: Friday, Nov. 20 – 5 p.m.
Where: Chicago, Ill. – Ratner Center

Who: UW-Stevens Point (1-0) at Chicago (1-0)
When: Saturday, Nov. 21 – 4 p.m.
Where: Chicago, Ill. – Ratner Center

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LAST TIME OUT
Autumn Hennes (Kaukauna, WI/Kaukauna) scored a career-high 22 points on her return to the court after missing last season due to injury to lead UW-Stevens Point to a 92-45 victory over Finlandia in its season opener on Saturday at Berg Gym. Hennes shot 9-for-10 from the field, including 3-for-4 from behind the arc, in the game.

After trailing 7-6 early in the first quarter, the Pointers went on a 17-0 run to take a 23-7 lead. UW-Stevens Point held Finlandia scoreless for 5:50 seconds during the run. The Pointers led 51-24 at the half after making 7-of-10 three-pointers and never led by less than 25 points.

HISTORIC SCORING NIGHT
The 92 points UW-Stevens Point scored in the opener were the team's most since a 95-49 win over UW-Superior on Jan. 29, 2011, a span of 124 games. The Pointers had not topped 90 points since the same date. Last season, the most points the Pointers scored was 71 in a 71-59 win over No. 22 St. Norbert at home on Dec. 13, 2014.

WINNING IN NOVEMBER
Since the start of the 2006-07 season, UW-Stevens Point is 39-8 in the month of November. Last year, the Pointers were 3-3 in November but UWSP had won 35 of its 40 games in the month prior to last season.

UWSP VS. RANKED OPPONENTS
Last season's win over No. 22 St. Norbert was one of two wins UW-Stevens Point recorded against ranked opponents. The Pointers also topped No. 11 UW-Oshkosh 54-47 at home on Jan. 20, 2015.

UW-Stevens Point was 2-3 against top-25 teams a year ago and two of the losses were by eight points or less. The Pointers pushed defending national champion and top-ranked FDU-Florham to the final buzzer in a 60-58 loss at the D3hoops.com Classic after the Devils had won 41 consecutive games on Dec. 29, 2014. UW-Stevens Point lost 60-52 to No. 11 St. Thomas at home on Nov. 30, 2014 and 53-41 at No. 24 UW-Oshkosh on Jan. 24, 2015.

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EVERYONE
Fourteen UW-Stevens Point players scored in the win over Finlandia. In addition to Hennes' career-scoring night, Sarah Gamillo (Colby, WI/Colby) shot 6-for-7 from the field on her way to a career-high 15 points. Lauren Anklam (Ringle, WI/D.C. Everest) was the third UWSP player in double figures with 11 points. Seven players scored between four and seven points.

NATIONAL RANKS
After the scoring outburst in its season-opening win, UW-Stevens Point ranks in the nation's top 10 in five categories through games of Nov. 15. The Pointers ranks third in three-point field-goal percentage (57.1), tied for third in scoring margin (47.0), tied for sixth in scoring offense (92.0), seventh in field-goal percentage (53.1) and eighth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.83).

Hennes' 9-for-10 (.900) shooting performance in the season opener makes her the nation's leader in field-goal percentage through the first week among players with a minimum of five made field goals per game. Gamillo is tied for sixth after going 5-for-6 (.857).

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Five players scored in double figures to lead ninth-ranked Washington University in St. Louis to a 92-68 win at Westminster (Mo.) in its season opener on Saturday afternoon. After holding an 18-17 lead, the Bears went on an 8-0 run to go ahead by nine late in the first quarter. Westminster hung around until the Bears went on a 12-3 run to take a 49-29 lead with three minutes remaining in the first half and WashU would lead by at least 15 the rest of the way.

Natalie Orr led the Bears with 17 points off the bench and did most of her damage from behind the arc, going 5-for-6. Zoe Vernon added 16 points, Amanda Martinez had 15 points and 10 boards and Lily Sarros and Jordan Thompson each scored a dozen. WashU scored 31 points off 26 Westminster turnovers and committed just eight turnovers of its own in the win.

The Bears were picked to finish second in the UAA behind New York University. Last season, WashU finished last season with a 25-3 overall record and earned a share of the UAA Championship with the University of Chicago with a 12-2 mark in league play. The Bears advanced to the NCAA Sectional Semifinal round for the 16th time in school history before falling 103-90 to No. 1 and eventual NCAA champion Thomas More.

WashU begins the season ranked No. 5 by USA TODAY Sports, No. 9 by D3hoops.com and No. 12 by Women's DIII News.

The Bears return three players with starting experience from last year's team, led by seniors Jordan Thompson and Katybeth Biewen who were both All-UAA honorable mention picks last season. Thompson made 14 starts, led the UAA in assists (4.1 apg) and was fourth on the team in scoring (7.5 ppg). Biewen started all 28 games, finished second in the conference in steals (67) and averaged 5.4 points and 3.3 assists a game.

WashU graduated First Team All-America and UAA Player of the Year Melissa Gilkey, who averaged 19.1 points and 8.9 rebounds a game in 2014-15. Gilkey is one of 13 players in program history to surpass 1,000 career points, finishing second with 1,707 points. She also ranked third at WashU in career rebounds (876).

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The University of Chicago opened its season with a 56-46 home victory over Lake Forest on Saturday. The Maroons trailed 28-26 at halftime but held the Foresters to 18 points on 18.8 percent shooting in the second half to earn the 10-point win. Madison Dunbar hit a pair of three-pointers late on to help UChicago finish the game on a 15-5 run.

Britta Nordstrom led the Maroons with 14 points and 10 rebounds in the win, while Caitlin Moore added 12 points. UChicago shot just 35.7 percent in the game, including 6-for-24 (25.0 percent) from behind the arc but outrebounded Lake Forest 48-36.

Last season, UChicago finished 18-7 overall and shared the UAA title with WashU. The Maroons won 12-straight UAA games by an average of 15.5 points per game after dropping their first two conference games. The Maroons lost both games to WashU, giving the Bears the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

UChicago graduated six seniors from last season's team, including all-region honoree Claire Devaney (12.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg) and All-UAA selections Morgan Donovan (9.8 ppg) and Hannah Ballard (7.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg).

Senior Moore and junior Nordstrom lead the group of returners for UChicago in 2015-16, as both were Honorable Mention All-UAA picks following last season. Moore averaged 7.0 points and 3.9 rebounds a game, while Nordstrom pitched in 7.9 points and 4.0 rebounds per contest. Sophomore Elizabeth Nye averaged 8.3 points a game as a freshman and hit a team-best 38 three-pointers.

THE COACHES
Shirley Egner is in her 27th season as the head coach at UW-Stevens Point and is the all-time winningest coach in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) history with a 488-212 (.697) career record. Over the last 14 seasons, Egner has guided the Pointers to a 319-87 record, the best mark of any WIAC team over that span. She is a four-time WIAC Coach of the Year honoree, a three-time Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division III Women's Coach of the Year (2010-12) was inducted into the WBCA Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2001-02, Egner led the Pointers to the national title and a 30-3 record to become just the eight team in Division III history to win 30 games in a season.

WashU's Nancy Fahey is the only head coach in NCAA Division III history to win five national championships and has a career record of 689-124 (.847) in 30 seasons. Her .847 winning percentage ranks fourth among all active NCAA coaches. She became the fastest coach in NCAA women's basketball history to reach 600 wins, doing so in her 706th game during the 2011-12 season. Fahey has guided the Bears to a Division III-record 10 Final Four appearances in 29 seasons, including four straight national titles from 1998-2001.

Carissa Sain Knoche is in her fourth year as the head coach at the University of Chicago after serving as an assistant for four seasons. She has a career record of 41-35 as a head coach for the Maroons but has helped UChicago go 33-17 over the past two seasons. Last season, Sain Knoche and her assistants were named UAA Coaching Staff of the Year. Sain Knoche has spent the last 15 seasons in the UAA, including eight as a player and assistant coach at Carnegie Mellon, where she was a three-time All-UAA pick.

SERIES NOTES
Friday's game against WashU will be just the third-ever meeting between the Pointers and Bears. UW-Stevens Point has won both previous meetings, including a 66-60 win over four-time defending national champion WashU to snap the Bears' 70-game home winning streak on the way to the 2001-02 national title.

UW-Stevens Point is also undefeated in the all-time series with the University of Chicago, having won all four previous meetings. In the last meeting, No. 19 UW-Stevens Point claimed a 67-64 win over UChicago at home on Dec. 14, 2013. The Pointers have won both previous meetings in Chicago, defeating the Maroons 83-69 on Dec. 6, 2012 and 71-54 on Dec. 1, 2002. UWSP also topped UChicago 62-59 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on March 7, 2008.