Box Score

STEVENS POINT - The Pointers improved to 10-3 overall, 3-2 in conference play on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Eagles of UW-La Crosse 88-76 behind four players scoring in double figures.

Seven ties and 10 lead changes marked a turbulent opening stanza, as the Pointers built leads of four points several times, but the Eagles had a counter for each time, tying or reclaiming the lead until the Pointers closed the half on a 6-2 run to take a four point edge, 38-34, into halftime.

The Pointers built a seven point lead in the first six minutes of the second half, their largest lead of the contest, only to see the Eagles answer with a 9-2 run, erasing the Pointer lead and tying the game at 53-53.

From there, the Pointer offense came alive, using a 17-5 run to open up a double-digit lead on the visitors and never looked back, as down the stretch La Crosse got no closer than eight, as UW-Stevens Point went on to the 88-76 conference victory.

Britta Petersen (Luck), Cassie Bandow (Plover) and Ashley Averkamp (New Berlin) each scored a team-high 16 points on the day while Petersen, Bandow and Josi Schultz (Eau Claire) each collected six rebounds for the Pointers in the win. Andrea Flease (New London) finished as the fourth Pointer in double figures, adding 11, and was one assist short of a double-double, finishing with nine.

UW-L's Stacie Van Handel scored a game-high 26 points on 10-of-19 shooting from the floor. She also collected nine rebounds in the loss. Dana Chruchill finished 18 points including 10-of-16 from the free-throw line and Melissa Land finished with 14 points.

UW-Stevens Point returns to action next week with three straight road games, facing Edgewood College on Monday, UW-Platteville on Wednesday and UW-Superior on Saturday. Round trip, the Pointers will travel just over 1,000 miles next week for their three games.

Game time Monday in Madison is scheduled for 7 p.m.