UW-Whitewater fought off UW-Stevens Point at home for the second year in a row in a close 62-61 women's basketball victory on Wednesday.

The Pointers trailed by five points and a late rally fall short in the final seconds. Nathalie Lechault (Chavannes de Bogis, Switzerland/Int'l School of Geneva) connected on a free throw with 1:21 left to go in the game to bring the score to 62-58. Then Haley Houghton (Wausau/Wausau East) hit a three pointer to cut the lead to one. Houghton's basket was the last score of the game as both teams missed jumpers. Following a Pointer turnover with one second left, UW-Whitewater's Trisha Thill missed two free throws in the second, but the Pointers had no time for a final shot.

Both teams started out cold, with the Pointers' Janell Van Gompel scoring the first basket nearly four minutes into the game. UW-Whitewater had four missed baskets and six turnovers while the Pointers had five missed baskets and five turnovers before Van Gompel's score.

Late in the first half the Pointers led the Warhawks 28-20. Tiffany Morton connected on a free throw and Heidi Sonntag hit a layup to head into halftime with the Pointers leading 28-23.

The 10th tie of the game came with 7:06 left to go in the second half when the Warhawk's Meghan Schmidt hit a jumper to bring the score to 50-50. Ali Nicastro (Mondovi/Mondovi) hit a jumper to post the Pointers' last lead as Whitewater's Rachel Woolever answered with a three-pointer to put the Warhawks ahead for good with a score of 53-52.

Tiffany Morton led the Warhawks in scoring with twelve points, making five of nine field goals. Katie Webber (Reedsburg/Reedsburg) was the Pointers' leading scorer with 12 points.