PLYMOUTH, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team (3-0) posted an early 21-0 run en route to a 78-48 win at Lakeland (0-1).
Karissa Smith (Freedom, Wis./Appleton North),
Lily Truchon (Herbster, Wis./South Shore),
Jessilyn Ernst (Pardeeville, Wis./Pardeeville) and
Nayeli Kilen (Milton, Wis./Milton) were in double figures with 20, 14, 13 and 11 points, respectively. Ernst and
Egan Bierowski (De Pere, Wis./De Pere) tied for the game-high with eight rebounds each.
Kilen drilled a three-pointer for a 4-0 lead. After a Lakeland three, the Pointers scored the final 16 points of the quarter. Bierowski and
Maddie Murphy (La Crosse, Wis./Aquinas) each buried a three and Ernst had four points in the 16-0 run as UWSP ended the first with a 20-3 lead.
Smith buried a three to start the second and Ernst finished the 21-0 run with a pair of free throws. Truchon had six points in the middle of the stanza and Murphy buried another triple late as UWSP took a 43-20 advantage to the break.
Smith nailed another three and combined with Ernst for the first 13 points of the third as UWSP led, 56-23. Smith buried another three late and the Pointers were up, 67-34, after three.
Annika Salettel (Beaver Dam, Wis./Beaver Dam) hit a three and had five points in the fourth as the Pointers rolled to the win.
The Pointers travel to Mequon on Saturday (Nov. 14) for a 2:00 p.m. game against Concordia (Wis.).
