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University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Athletics

OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF UW-STEVENS POINT
Jessilyn Ernst
Madison Schiefelbein
68
Winner Wis.-Stevens Point UWSP 10-0,0-0 WIAC
34
Haverford HAV 6-4,0-2 Centennial
Winner
Wis.-Stevens Point UWSP
10-0,0-0 WIAC
68
Final
34
Haverford HAV
6-4,0-2 Centennial
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wis.-Stevens Point UWSP 18 18 14 18 68
Haverford HAV 13 4 9 8 34

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Pointers Pull Away Early to Defeat Haverford in Florida Opener

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team (10-0) reached the 10-win plateau and remained undefeated with a 68-34 win over Haverford (6-4) in the Sunshine Shootout opener on Sunday.
 
Maija Rice (L'Anse, Mich./L'Anse Area) led all scorers with 13 points. Jessilyn Ernst (Pardeeville, Wis./Pardeeville) was also in double figures with 12 points. Emma Kilpatrick (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly) hauled in a game-best 11 rebounds.
 
Ernst and Rice combined for UWSP's first 11 points as the Pointers started 6-0 and 11-5. Rachel Hagen (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East) and Lily Truchon (Herbster, Wis./South Shore) each added a bucket as the Pointers led, 18-13, after one quarter.
 
Laney Panich (Wautoma, Wis./Wautoma) started the second with a bucket and Karissa Smith (Freedom, Wis./Appleton North) buried a three-pointer for a 23-16 lead. Kate Vanden Berg (Appleton, Wis./North) and Ava Loftus (Stoughton, Wis./Stoughton) each nailed a three-pointer and the lead was 36-17 at the break.
 
Ernst started the second half with a bucket and had four points in the third quarter. Kilpatrick scored her only points of the game and heading to the fourth, UWSP led, 50-26.
 
Aubrey Smith (Cottage Grove, Wis./Monona Grove), Brenna Gehri (Oshkosh, Wis./West), Keira Maki (Escanaba, Mich./Escanaba) and Brooke Bottcher (Belvidere, Ill./Belvidere North) all got on the scoresheet with made field goals in the fourth in the runaway victory.
 
The Pointers face Keene State on Monday (Dec. 29) at 2:00 p.m. ET to wrap up non-conference play.
 
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