The top defensive team in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference proved superior to the league's top shooting team on Saturday as UW-River Falls shut down UW-Stevens Point for a 68-44 women's basketball victory at Berg Gym.

The Pointers shot just 25.0 percent in the game, including seven-for-33 in the second half for 21.2 percent in seeing their school-record 22-game home winning streak snapped. UW-Stevens Point entered the game ranked second in the NCAA Division III in field goal percentage at 48.0 percent, while UW-River Falls led the WIAC by holding foes to just 33.6 percent shooting.

In fact, it was rare for a visiting team to have any success whatsoever at Berg Gym as 21 of the 22 games during the streak were decided by double figures. UW-River Falls was also the last visiting team to win a regular season game at Berg Gym, taking a victory on Feb. 15, 2005 that snapped a 12-game home win streak at the time.

It was the Pointers' largest margin of defeat at home since a 52-28 loss to UW-Oshkosh on Jan. 5, 2000. The game was also the Pointers' lowest point total since a 59-43 loss to UW-Platteville on Feb. 5, 2000.

Both teams were cold at the start as UW-River Falls led just 14-8 over the first 11:46 of the game. The Falcons led the entire first half and took their biggest lead of the period when Traci Reimann scored an inside basket with 40 seconds left that gave them a 26-18 halftime lead.

Melanie Preiner took over from the outside in the second half for UW-River Falls, hitting all four three-point field goal attempts, including three in the first four minutes. Her third long-range shot put the Falcons ahead 37-25.

UW-Stevens Point clawed to within 10 points on three different occassions, but couldn't mount any comeback with its frigid shooting as the Pointers opened the second half missing 17 of 20 shots, including 11 straight at one point. They trailed 41-31 with 9:45 left when Preiner again delivered from behind the arc as UW-River Falls made its next five shots on an 11-0 spurt over the next four minutes for a 52-31 lead.

Preiner led all scorers with 19 points and was five-for-six from three-point range. In fact, the Falcons were seven-for-10 behind the arc despite entering the game at 25.4 percent for the season on three-pointers. They were 12-for-18 from the field in the second half.

UW-Stevens Point had no players in double figures and was led by Katie Webber (Reedsburg/Reedsburg) with eight points.