UW-River Falls 82, UW-Stout 66RIVER FALLS (February 17, 2016) - Fueled by
Sarah Schoch's 13 first half points, UW-Stout pulled to within a point late in the second quarter, but the Blue Devils could not hold off a UW-River Falls surge and the Falcons captured an 82-66 win Wednesday at Karges Center.
Trailing by eight points with 4:15 remaining in the first half,
Haley Seifert cut the lead to five points, 30-25, on a 3-pointer. Schoch trimmed the lead to two points with a 3-pointer of her own at 3:43 and Seifert dropped in another bomb to give Stout a 31-30 lead with 3:27 left before the break.
The Falcons (20-4, 11-2 WIAC) took the lead back for good with a 12-4 run to end the first half and went into the locker room with a 42-35 halftime lead.
Stout (9-15, 3-10 WIAC) kept the game within reach. Schoch hit another 3-pointer to open the third period and a jumper by
Danielle Adams made it a 42-40 game with 7:09 remaining in the third stanza. Stout pulled to within three points a couple of times in the period, but the Falcons outscored Stout 11-6 in the final five minutes of the period. River Falls pulled to a double digit lead early in the fourth quarter. Stout pulled to within nine points twice, but the Falcons always answered back.
Schoch finished the game with 20 points, dropping in 8-of-15 field goalds, including 4-of-9 3-pointers.
Nicole Schaub was active from beyond the arc for the Blue Devils, scoring 14 points, hitting 5-of-6 from the floor and 4-of-5 from 3-point range. The Blue Devils made a season-high 12 3-point shots on the night.
The Falcons had all five starters score in double figures, led by Kate Theisen's game-high 22 points. Taylor Karge scored 17, Brynn Liljander and Richell Mehus each scored 12 and Katie Messman scored 11.
The Blue Devils will end the regular season when they host UW-Platteville, Saturday, Feb. 20 at 3 p.m. The Blue Devils have earned the sixth seed and will play in the first round of the WIAC Tournament, which begins Tuesday, Feb. 23. Stout will be at No. 3 seeded UW-Stevens Point.
2015-16 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.
WIAC Standings
Through games of Feb 17, 2016 (All games)
|------CONFERENCE-------| |--------OVERALL--------|
STANDINGS W-L Pct PF PA W-L Pct PF PA
--------- --- --- -- -- --- --- -- --
UW-River Falls...... 11-2 .846 73.1 63.1 20-4 .833 69.8 60.6
UW-Oshkosh.......... 11-2 .846 64.0 52.9 20-4 .833 66.0 50.6
UW-Stevens Point.... 9-4 .692 62.1 57.2 18-6 .750 63.0 56.1
UW-Whitewater....... 8-5 .615 67.2 60.4 19-5 .792 70.2 58.2
UW-Eau Claire....... 7-6 .538 62.5 57.5 12-12 .500 63.5 63.0
UW-Stout............ 3-10 .231 62.6 68.5 9-15 .375 69.2 69.1
UW-Platteville...... 2-11 .154 56.0 73.6 5-19 .208 60.7 71.5
UW-La Crosse........ 1-12 .077 53.6 67.8 7-17 .292 59.7 65.9Seeding for the conference tournament:Teams will be seeded 1 through 6 based on the final regular season conference standings. If necessary, the following tie-breaker criteria will be applied to determine entry into the tournament or to seed teams with identical records:
1. Head-to-head competition between tied teams;
2. Cumulative Won/Loss record vs. teams placed higher in the conference standings;
3. Record vs. teams in conference standings in descending order (i.e., #1 seed, #2 seed).
[Note: When comparing tied teams against positions lower in the standings which are also tied, those "lower tied positions" are considered as a "single position" for purposes of comparison. Example: Team A and Team B tied for second would compare against Team X and Team Y tied for sixth as follows: Team A would compare its combined record against both X and Y versus Team B's combined record against both X and Y.];
4. Team with the best road record in conference games;
5. Coin toss conducted by the WIAC commissioner.
WIAC Schedule for Saturday, Feb. 20UW-Platteville at UW-Stout, 3 p.m.
UW-La Crosse at UW-Stevens Point, 3 p.m.
UW-Eau Claire at UW-Whitewater, 3 p.m.
UW-Oshkosh at UW-River Falls, 3 p.m.
