UW-Stout 73, UW-Platteville 52 | Photo Gallery | FSN-Wisconsin |
PLATTEVILLE (January 3, 2009) - UW-Stout never trailed and Julia Hirssig (Jr, Rochester, Minn) scored 27 points as the Blue Devils defeated UW-Platteville, 73-52, Saturday at Bo Ryan Court.
Stout (8-5, 3-1) jumped out to a 22-9 lead 10 minutes into the game and held a 43-21 halftime lead. The Pioneers (4-8, 1-3) cut the lead to as little as 11 points, 47-36, at 13:23 of the second half, but a lay-up by Megan Maslowski (Jr, Marshfield) and a 3-pointer by Danielle DeWitt (Jr, Green Bay) gave Stout a 16 point lead and they were not seriously threatened again.
Hirssig wracked up her sixth double-double of the season with the 27-point, 10-rebound effort.
Charlee Edwards (Sr, Danbury) added 10 points and seven rebounds for the Blue Devils.
Stacia Nemitz scored her first career double-double to lead the Pioneers with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Brianna Klaas added 11 points.
The game is the FSN-Wisconsin game of the week and will be broadcast Saturday, Jan. 10 at 3 p.m. After playing on FSN-Wisconsin, the game will be available on Charter On-Demand.
Stout is off until Saturday, Jan. 10 when they travel to UW-La Crosse.
