UW-Stevens Point delivered its second 10-point win over Lawrence in less than a month as the Pointers posted a 65-55 women's basketball victory over the Vikings on Tuesday in Appleton.

The Pointers, who beat the Vikings 75-65 on Nov. 17, had an incredibly balanced attack with seven players scoring between seven and nine points. In fact, neither team had a player score double figures and five Pointers' players grabbed at least four rebounds.

It marked the first time since 1985-86 that the Pointers have scheduled a non-conference foe twice in the same season as UW-Stevens Point improved to 8-2 overall. Lawrence fell to 4-3 for the season and had a four-game winning streak snapped after opening the year with two losses in the Pointers' tournament.

The teams opened the game red-hot from the floor, each scoring 21 points in the first nine and a half minutes of the game. Things cooled considerably from that point, especially on Lawrence's side where the Vikings scored six points the rest of the half and trailed 33-27 at halftime. In fact, neither team made a field goal in the final 4:34 of the period with UW-Stevens Point scoring the only three points during the span from the free throw line.

After missing their last six field goal attempts of the first half, the Vikings' cold spell continued into the start of the second half as they missed six more shots before Erin Henzi's basket finally snapped an 8-1 Pointers' run and trimmed the lead to 41-30 with 15:35 left. UW-Stevens Point kept the Vikings without another point and opened up its biggest lead of the game at 14 points until Jen Gabriele hit a three-pointer to cut the lead to 44-33 with 11:28 remaining.

Gabriele's shot started a 9-0 run as the Vikings cut the lead to five points, however, Laura Neuenfeldt (Two Rivers/Two Rivers) hit a short jumper to end the spurt and Nathalie Lechault (Chavannes de Bogis, Switzerland/Int'l School of Geneva) followed with an inside basket to push the Pointers' lead back to 48-39 with 7:40 left. Lawrence twice cut the lead to six points, but Janell Van Gomple (DeForest/DeForest) and Katie Webber (Reedsburg/Reedsburg) hit three-pointers on each of the Pointers' ensuing possessions to smother any potential rally.

Webber, Haley Houghton (Wausau/Wausau East) and Chelsea Kranz (Columbus/Columbus) each had nine points for UW-Stevens Point. Lechault had eight points and five rebounds in just 13 minutes while battling foul trouble. Gabriele hit three three-pointers in nine minutes down the stretch to lead Lawrence with nine points.