UW-Stout 72, UW-Platteville 59
PLATTEVILLE (January 4, 2017) -
Kyncaide Diedrich scored UW-Stout's first double-double of the season and UW-Stout went on to a 72-59 conference opening win at UW-Platteville Wednesday.
Diedrich was only 3-of-15 from the field, with one 3-pointer, but made the Pioneers pay at the free throw line where she drained 10-of-11 charity shots. Diedrich was also opportunistic off the glass, pulling down 10 rebounds. Diedrich dished off seven assists, flirting with a triple double.
The Pioneers (4-8, 0-1 WIAC) held a one point, 16-15, lead at the end of the first quarter. But Stout (5-7, 1-0 WIAC) used the second quarter to surge ahead, matching their biggest second quarter blast of the season, outscoring Platteville 29-21 in the stanza to take a 44-37 halftime lead. Stout outscored Platteville 14-11 in both the third and fourth quarters to give the Blue Devils the 13 point win.
Jenna Goldsmith added 12 points and
Becky Fesenmaier chipped in nine for the Blue Devils.
Carolyn Feddema led Stout with nine rebounds.
Stout was stellar at the line, setting a new school record by shooting 94.1 percent (16-17). Diedrich was 10-11, while
Anna Brown, Feddema and
Becky Fesenmaier each made both of their attempts.
The Pioneers were led by Morgan Horstman with 14 points, Morgan Hartman had 13 points and Allison Prestegaard finished with 12 point.
Stout returns to Johnson Fieldhouse for the first time in nearly a month when they host conference favorite UW-Oshkosh, Saturday, Jan. 7 at 3 p.m.
PARTING SHOTS
- Kyncaide Diedrich's double-double (17 pts, 10 rbs) was the Blue Devils' first of the season. The 10 rebounds was a personal best. Diedrich also had a personal best seven assists
- Darian Vinkemeier scored her first baskets as a Blue Devil. The junior transfer finished the night with nine points, hitting 4-of-6 shots from the field, including a 3-pointer
- The Blue Devils made six 3-point shots, the second most of the season
- Stout eclipsed the team free throw percentage with 94.1 percent mark, going past the mark of 92.6 (25-27) set against St. Scholastica in 2007.
- Emily Jacques set a personal best with seven rebounds. Whitney Folkers had a personal best four rebounds. Carolyn Feddema had a personal best nine rebounds and two assists. Becky Fesenmaier had a personal best seven points.
- Alyssa Misselt, who joined the team at semester, made her first appearance and blocked a shot.
- UW-Oshkosh, Stout's next opponent, defeated UW-Stevens Point, 62-53, tonight in Oshkosh
- Both the UW-Stout men and women defeated UW-Platteville tonight, the first time both programs have defeated a conference team on the same night since January 29, 2014 when both programs defeated UW-River Falls.
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