DE PERE, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team (1-0) opened the season with a convincing 73-43 win over St. Scholastica (1-1) on Saturday at the St. Norbert Tip Off.
Karissa Smith (Freedom, Wis./Appleton North) led a trio of Pointers in double figures with a game-high 21 points.
Jessilyn Ernst (Pardeeville, Wis./Pardeeville) added 12 points along with a game-high eight rebounds.
Nayeli Kilen (Milton, Wis./Milton) posted 10 points in her collegiate debut.
Smith and Ernst combined for UWSP's first nine points and a 9-3 lead early. Kilen posted her first career points to make it 11-3. Smith and Kilen four-straight three-pointers and the advantage ballooned to 23-8 after one.
Lily Truchon (Herbster, Wis./South Shore) had four points and
Laney Panich (Wautoma, Wis./Wautoma) joined Smith with a three-pointer in the second quarter as the Pointers led, 33-17, at the half.
Kilen buried another three as UWSP built a 42-18 lead. Smith and
Brenna Gehri (Oshkosh, Wis./West) each hit a triple late as the Pointers were up, 53-26, heading to the fourth.
Gehri had four points to begin the fourth.
Claudia Asman (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly) recorded her first career points with a trio of free throws.
Ella Van Order (Stevens Point, Wis./Pacelli) also scored her first collegiate bucket in the fourth.
Maddie Murphy (La Crosse, Wis./Aquinas) hit a three in the final minute to close out the win.
The Pointers will face host St. Norbert on Sunday (Nov. 8). Tip-off in De Pere is slated for 1:00 p.m.
