DUBUQUE, Iowa – The UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team (2-1) saw its unblemished start come to an end with an 81-70 defeat at Loras (2-0) on Saturday.
 
Senior Lexi Roland (New London, Wis./New London) led the Pointers with 13 points with six rebounds.  Twin sister Mickey Roland (New London, Wis./New London) led UWSP with seven boards.  She added nine points.
 
Sophomore Carly Cerrato (De Pere, Wis./De Pere) scored in double figures for the third time this season with 12 points, going 9-for-10 at the free throw line.  Senior Taylor Barrett (Monroe, Wis./Monroe) was also in double figures with 11 points.
 
Two minutes into the game, Mickey Roland (New London, Wis./New London) hit a three to give UWSP a 5-1 lead, the biggest of the game for the Pointers.  The Duhawks leveraged a 14-3 run into a lead they would not relinquish.  Cerrato hit a three late to pull UWSP within 19-16 after one quarter.
 
Lexi Roland (New London, Wis./New London) hit a three six minutes into the second quarter to end a drought from the field and snap a 12-4 spurt by Loras.  Freshman Kellan Schmidt (Edgerton, Wis./Edgerton) hit from the field a little over a minute later, but UWSP was limited to just 12 points in the quarter, seven of which came at the free throw line.
 
Freshmen Brooke Geier (Kewaunee, Wis./Kewaunee) and Ashley Leiterman (Morrison, Wis./Denmark) scored on consecutive possessions to begin the second half as the Pointers tried to erase the 13-point halftime deficit.  Loras hit five three pointers in the quarter to extend the lead to 19 at one point.  Taylor Greenheck (Sauk Prairie, Wis./Sauk Prairie) scored a basket as UWSP went on a 10-2 run late in the quarter.
 
Schmidt and Leiterman scored early in the fourth to cut the deficit to single digits, but a four-minute drought from the floor let the Duhawks build the lead back to 15.  Greenheck and Mickey Roland (New London, Wis./New London) scored late but the deficit was too much to overcome.
 
The Pointers return home on Tuesday (Nov. 21) to face Lakeland.  Tip-off at Berg Gym is set for 7:00 p.m. and the Pointers will hold their annual food drive to benefit The Cupboard.