OSHKOSH, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team had its Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship Tournament run come to an end on Thursday evening, falling 38-21 to the Titans of UW-Oshkosh.
Box ScoreThe Pointers could not overcome a 14-4 first quarter deficit and trailed by nine, 21-12, heading into the half.
In the third, the Pointers pulled to within five, 21-16, with 2:42 remaining in the period, but the Titans extended their lead back to seven after three and built their advantage to double digits in the fourth.
The Pointers defense held the Titans to just 26 percent (14-53) shooting from the floor, but offensively the Pointers could not get anything going, connecting on just nine field goals on the night (9-for-49) including going 0-for-11 from three-point range.
No player for either team scored in double figures on the evening.
Allie Miceli (Marseilles, IL/Ottawa Township) led the Pointers with six points and nine rebounds on the evening while
Taylor Douglas (Brodhead, WI/Brodhead) chipped in with four off the bench.
Marissa Selner and Alex Richard tallied eight points each for the Titans.
The Titans advance to the WIAC title game for the third straight season, where they will face top-seeded UW-River Falls, who won its semifinal 53-47 over UW-Eau Claire.
The Pointers (20-7) will await word of a possible at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The tournament field will be announced Monday, Feb. 29.
