Women's Basketball Preview: Second round of WIAC begins with Pioneers

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THIS WEEK'S GAMES:  The Blue Devils (14-4, 4- 4WIAC) travel to UW-Stevens Point (5-12, 1-5 WIAC), Wednesday, Jan. 23, in search of their third consecutive conference win, then return home to begin the second loop of conference play, Saturday, Jan. 26 to host UW-Platteville (8-10, 2-5 WIAC) at 3 p.m. It's Alumni Day and the Blue Devils have also designated the game to raise funds for the Amanda Geissler Memorial Fund. 

HANNAH IVERSON INTERVIEWS: Throughout the season, Pete Knutson of iHeartRadio's Newstalk WMEQ AM 880 and 106.3FM will speak with head women's basketball coach Hannah Iverson about the season. Listed are each of the interviews throughout the season. Listen to Interviews

BLUE DEVIL WEBCASTS: All UW-Stout home games will be available in a live video stream by Blue Devil Video.Stout will provide Live Stats for all home games. Check the Blue Devil Webcast page or the schedule page to see broadcasts and Live Stats available when Stout is on the road.

ON THE AIR: iHeartRadio's Newstalk WMEQ AM 880 and 106.3FM will provide broadcast coverage for the season with Pete Knutson and Jake Bostrom providing commentary during the games. Game streams are available on wmeq.com or through the iHeartRadio App.

CAREER STATS: Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this page to check out the UW-Stout career highs for points, rebounds and assists of each Blue Devil player.

A LOOK AT UW-STOUT:

• Bailey Diersen leads the Blue Devils in scoring with an 18.4 per game average and is second in the WIAC. Diersen has scored in double digits in 13 of the 16 games she has played this year and seven times has scored 20 or more points in a game.  The senior guard leads the team and the WIAC in steals with 57, swiping 10 against Martin Luther College, one short of the 25-year-old school record of 11, notching her first double-double (19 pts, 10 steals) of the season. Diersen had seven steals against UW-Whitewater and seven against Berea. Diersen is averaging 3.56 steals per game, ninth in the NCAA Division III. Ten times this season, Diersen has had three or more steals in a game. The Blue Devils have not had anyone average more than 18 points per game for the season since Julia Hirssig accomplished the feat for the 2009-10 season, averaging 21.4 points, a season she set the school single season scoring record. 
• Kyncaide Diedrich is currently averaging 15.1 points per contest, second on the team and fourth in the WIAC. Diedrich recorded her third double-double of the season Jan. 16 against UW-River Falls. Previously, Diedrich recorded two double-doubles this season, both with 19 points and 10 rebounds, against St. Olaf College and Berea College. Diedrich has scored in double figures in 16 games and has scored 20 or more points this season four times. Diedrich was named the MVP at the North Park University tournament, tossing in 21 points in a win over Albion College, then 19 points against Berea College.  Diedrich was selected as the UW-Stout/Toppers Athlete of the Week, as the WIAC Athlete of the Week and to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week. She is second in the league in assists, averaging 3.83. She leads the team in rebounds with 6.7, eighth in the WIAC. 
• Amber Fabeck has turned her game up a couple of notches this season and has shown a penchant for the 3-point shot. In a 10-point win over UW-Whitewater, Fabeck stepped out from underneath the basket and drained four consecutive 3-point shots and finished the game with a career-high 24 points. Twice this season Fabeck has scored 22 points. Fabeck collected her first career double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds against Albion College. Fabeck is averaging 12.6 points and 5.1 rebounds. Fabeck is fifth in the WIAC in blocked shots with 16.
• Within minutes of each other, both Diedrich and Diersen surpassed 1000 career points in the game at UW-Superior Dec. 30. Diersen now has 1135 points and is currently seventh on the UW-Stout all-time scoring list. Diedrich now has 1128 career points and is eighth on the all-time list. Diedrich became the 11th Blue Devil women's basketball player to break 1000 career points and Diersen became the 12th player to reach the milestone. Here are the Top 10 Blue Devil scorers: 1. Julia Hirssig 1738; 2. Julie Maki 1620; 3. Kelsey Duoss 1413; 4. Cindy Hovet 1231; 5. Lindsey Erichsen 1181; 6. Amy Jamieson 1136; 7. Bailey Diersen 1135; 8. Kyncaide Diedrich 1128; 9. Sara Kahl 1119; 10. 10. Amy Zelinger 1046
• Shannan Watkins has returned to the floor after missing more than a season and a half due to injury. The guard from Hoover, Ala., missed one game this season, but bounced back to score a then season-high 12 points against Crown. She popped off a season-high 19 points against UW-Stevens Point, Jan. 23. Watkins is averaging 8.4 points and 2.8 rebounds. Watkins scored 11 points in the season opener and has scored in double digits in nine games. 
• Diersen (28), Diedrich (23), Fabeck (18) and Watkins (11) scored all 80 points in Stout's first loss of the season at UW-Superior, Dec. 30. The 86-80 loss to Superior marked the second-most points the Blue Devils have scored this season (83 vs. Crown) and by far the most points they have given up. The previous number of pints given up was 66 points the previous outing to St.Scholastica (W 78-66).
• Liz Oswald has started all 18 games at point guard and broke out for a career-best 22 points against Crown. Oswald's previous career scoring high was nine points, a mark she hit early in the season against Hamline University. This season, she is averaging 6.6 points and a team-high 33.3 minutes played, third in the WIAC. 
• Carolyn Feddema has started all 18 games this season and is averaging 3.8 rebounds per contest and scored a season-high 10 points against UW-Platteville in early January. Feddema started 19 games during her sophomore season.
• Six players - Diedrich, Fabeck, Oswald, Feddema, Becky Fesenmaier and LIzzy Olsem - have played in all 18 games. Diedrich, Fabeck, Oswald and Feddema have started all 17. With the  exception of two games, the Blue Devils have had the same starting line-up and have had only two starting line-up combinations. 
• As a team, the Blue Devils are averaging 70.4 points and giving up 61.7. Stout's biggest offensive outburst this year came against Crown in an 83-40 win. Stout lowest output was in a loss to UW-Oshkosh, 81-54. 
• The Blue Devils are outscoring their opponents in every quarter. Stout is outscoring their opponents 294-240 (16.3-13.3) in the opening quarter,  297-277 (16.5-15.4) in the second quarter and 324-302 (18.0-16.8) in the third. and 342-278 (19.0-15.4) in the final quarter . Stout was outscored 14-8 in their only overtime period. 
• Bailey Diersen had 10 steals against Martin Luther, one short of Heather Peterson's 1999 school record of 11, and seven against Berea College and UW-Whitewater. Stout has nearly doubled up their opponents in steals, nabbing 193 to their opponents' 104.  
• While the Blue Devils saw their winning streak stop at 10 games in the end of December, they are still off to one of the best starts in school history.  The 1995-96 team season opened the year at 9-0. Stout's best record to start the season was 13-0 to open the 1992-93 season. The 10-game winning streak also matched a mid-season 10-game winning streak during the 2005-06 season. With 14 wins, the Blue Devils are assured of at least a .500 season for the first time since the 2009-10 season. 
• The Blue Devils return 13 players from last year's squad and bring in four players new to the program, one transfer and three freshmen. The Blue Devils return three seniors - Kyncaide Diedrich (Athens), Bailey Diersen (Greenville) and Carolyn Feddema (Buffalo, Minn).
• 2018-19 Blue Devil Statistics

CONFERENCE STANDINGS:

• The Blue Devils are projected to finish seventh in the WIAC according to a WIAC preseason poll by conference coaches and sports information directors. UW-Whitewater was picked to finish first, UW-Eau Claire second, UW-Oshkosh third, UW-La Crosse fourth, UW-Stevens Point fifth, UW-River Falls sixth and UW-Platteville eighth. 

STOUT LAST TIME OUT:

• When UW-Stout defeated UW-Eau Claire at Zorn Arena, it looked like the Blue Devils had perhaps shaken off their road demons. But the road woes resumed Wednesday as UW-Stevens Point sent the Blue Devils packing with a 77-69 decision at Berg Gym. Stout (14-4, 4-3 WIAC) has successfully defended Johnson Fieldhouse so far this season, but lost conference road games at UW-Oshkosh and UW-Platteville before picking up the Eau Claire win Saturday. Now, Stout's three conference losses have been on the road. The Pointers (5-12, 2-5 WIAC) didn't look like a 12-loss team, jumping out to early first quarter leads before Stout held brief leads in the low scoring quarter, a quarter that Stevens Point led 10-9 at the break. The Pointers cranked up the offense in the second quarter, outscoring Stout 24-13 in the quarter, with Amber Baehman scoring 10 points and Bailee Collins scoring eight points and Stevens Point led 34-22 at halftime. Stevens Point stretched the lead to 16 points, 58-42 by the end of the third quarter. Stout put together a solid scoring quarter in the final stanza, outscoring the Pointers 27-19 behind Kyncaide Diedrich's 11 fourth quarter points. Stout crawled to within four points, 64-60 on a three-point play by Amber Fabeck with three minutes left.  The Pointer held off Stout from the free throw line, making 9 of 14 in the final quarter and 20 of 30 for the game. Shannan Watkins led Stout with a season-high 19 points. Amber Fabeck and Diedrich each contributed 15 points. | Game Story and Statistics
• The Blue Devils picked up two consecutive conference wins for the first time this season, defeating UW-River Falls, 76-64, Jan. 16, then went to UW-Eau Claire to defeat the Blugolds, 81-76, Jan. 19.
• UW-Stout trailed UW-Eau Claire for the majority of the first three quarters, but it didn't rattle the Blue Devils, who came back to down the Blugolds, 81-76, at Zorn Arena Saturday. Eau Claire (13-4, 4-2 WIAC) led at the end of the first quarter, 16-15, and again at halftime, 34-31. But behind a combined 17 points by Bailey Diersen and Kyncaide Diedrich, the Blue Devils (14-3, 4-2 WIAC) held a 54-52 lead at the end of the third quarter. The teams traded leads through the early part of the final period until Kyncaide Diedrich hit a 3-pointer - one of 11 treys on the night for the Blue Devils - with 4:40 left. Stout eventually built up a 12 point lead when Amber Fabeck hit a lay-up and followed that up with four free throws. Diersen scored a team-high 27 points, one point short of her career-best, and matched a career-best eight rebounds. Diedrich contributed 20 points. Fabeck scored 14 points and Liz Oswald 10. Hallee Hoeppner scored 36 points for the Blugolds and had 12 rebounds. Kelsey Bakken had 11 points.  | Game Story and Statistics
• UW-Stout held a 44-26 halftime lead, but UW-River Falls held Stout scoreless for the first six minutes of the third quarter, then cut Stout's lead to four points, 48-44, with 1:31 left in the period, but the Blue Devils hung on for a 12-point 76-64 win over the Falcons Wednesday on Dewey Mintz Court in Johnson Fieldhouse. River Falls (7-9, 1-4 WIAC) forced seven Stout turnovers in the third quarter and outscored Stout, 18-10, in the period. The Falcons' Jenna Zeman hit two 3-pointers in the third period, but Stout's Liz Oswald hit three 3-pointer in the final four minutes of the third to hold off the Falcon charge and Stout (13-3, 3-2 WIAC) ran up a 54-44 lead heading into the fourth. The Falcons would get the score to as close as six points three minutes into the fourth quarter. The Falcons' Crystal Pearson scored 10 points in the fourth and Stout's Oswald and Kyncaide Diedricheach added seven final period points and Shannan Watkins added six points. The first half belonged to the Blue Devils as Stout came out of the gates to jump to a 27-11 first quarter lead and held as much as a 19 point lead early in the second quarter.  Diedrich scored her third double-double of the season, finishing with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Oswald tallied 15 points, Bailey Diersen 14 and Watkins 13. Pearson was one rebound short of a double-double, matching Diedrich's 18 points. Zeman finished with 12 points and Lori Wardynski dded 11. | Game Story and Statistics

Stat Tracker / per game 

UW-Stout	Statistic	UW-Stevens Point	UW-Platteville
70.3	Pts	61.1	61.4
61.7	Pts Allowed	67.1	62.7
.395	FG %	.372	.376
.404	FG % Defense	.415	.382
5.6=5	3 pt made	5.2	4.4
4.4	3 pt allowed	5.4	7.2
38.2	Rebounds	36.5	36.7
38.6	Rebounds Allowed	45.3	35.2
13.7	Turnovers	12.4	15.7
Bailey Diersen 18.4	Leading Scorer	Amber Baehman 12.7	Morgan Horstman/Maiah Domask 12.9
Kyncaide Diedrich 6.7	Leading Rebounder	Amber Baehman 7.7	Maiah Domask 9.9

SCOUTING UW-STEVENS POINT

• Amber Baehman leads the Pointers in scoring with 12.8 points and 7.7 rebounds. Carly Cerrato is scoring 10.2 points, and Bailee Collins is just shot of double digits at 9.9 points, but is averaging a team-best 13.8 points in conference play. The team is 61.1 points per game and giving up 67.1 points. The Pointers' lone conference win was a 67-62 win over UW-River Falls, Jan. 5. Collins went off for 30 points in the win over River Falls Baehman pulled down 16 rebounds. 
• UW-Stevens Point has reached double digits in wins in 28 of 29 seasons under head coach Shirley Egner, who is the winningest coach in WIAC archives with 545 victories to her credit. Junior guard Carly Cerrato made a team-best 52 three-point field goals and was second on the team with 42 steals and 10.5 points per game. Sophomore guard Brooke Geier started all 26 games and chipped in 6.7 points per game, while finishing second on the squad with 60 assists. 

THE POINTERS LAST TIME OUT

• The Pointers lost 55-46 to UW-La Crosse, Jan. 16, and were downed, 75-62, at UW-Platteville, Jan. 19
• Stevens Point women's basketball team was out-scored 22-7 in a decisive third quarter that saw host UW-Platteville (8-9, 2-4) take down the Pointers, 75-62, on Jan. 19. Junior Carly Cerrato (De Pere, Wis./De Pere) led a trio of Pointers in double figures with 12 points.  She also snagged a team-high four rebounds.  Bailee Collins (Milton, Wis./Milton)and Amber Baehman (Plainfield, Wis. /Tri-County) each contributed 11 points. | Game Story and Statistics
• Stevens Point women's basketball team got double-figure scoring from Carly Cerrato (De Pere, Wis./De Pere) and Bailee Collins (Milton, Wis./Milton), but it wasn't enough in a 55-46 loss at No. 23 UW-La Crosse (15-1, 4-1) on Jan. 16. Collins pulled down a team-best nine rebounds and scored 12 points.  Cerrato led all scorers with 13 points. | Game Story and Statistics

WHEN STOUT AND STEVENS POINT MET LAST YEAR

• The Pointers defeated Stout, 73-63, Jan. 6, 2018, in Stevens Point, and again, 77-55, Feb. 10, 2018, in Menomonie,
• UW-Stout saw a 14-point halftime lead evaporate as UW-Stevens Point outscored the Blue Devils 24-8 in the final period to down the Blue Devils, 73-63, Jan. 6, 2018, at Berg Gym. The Pointers (7-6, 1-1 WIAC) were led by Taylor Barrett with a game-high 22 points. Mickey Roland had a huge double-double, putting down 17 points and added 18 rebounds. Brooke Geier finished with 14 points. Anna Brown led Stout (7-6, 0-2 WIAC) with 16 points, two under her career-best, and Kyncaide Diedrich scored 14 points, all in the first half. | Game Story and Statistics
• UW-Stevens Point outscored UW-Stout 25-8 in the fourth quarter on their way to a 77-55 win over the Blue Devils Feb. 10, 2018, at Johnson Fieldhouse. The game was close throughout the first three quarters, featuring 10 tied scores and neither team holding more than a five point lead. The Pointers (12-11, 6-5 WIAC)  started what would eventually become a 10-4 run in the final minute of the third period and through the first two minutes of the fourth quarter. The Pointers continued to roll up the points on their way to final 22 point advantage. | Game Story and Statistics

SCOUTING UW-PLATTEVILLE

• Morgan Horstman is the team's scoring leader with 12.9 points per contest, and Maiah Damask, who is pulling down a league-best 10.1 rebounds per game, has matched Horstman with 12.9 points. Horstman, who missed a majority of last season, had a season-high 22 points in the Pioneers' win over UW-Stout. Horstman and Domask are tied for sixth, respectively, in scoring within the conference.  
• UW-Platteville has three starters back, including senior guard Kassie Buchholz, who contributed 8.3 points per game and made a team-best 32 three-point field goals. Senior guard Morgan Horstman missed a majority of the 2017-18 campaign due to injury, but led the 2016-17 team with 12.9 points per contest. Mariah Domask and Horstmann lead the team in scoring with an identical mark of 12.8 points per game. Domask leads the WIAC in rebounds at 10.7. Rachel Emendorfer is tied with Stout's Kyncaide Diedrich in steals with 2.46, good for third in the WIAC. 
• 2018-19 Statistics

THE PIONEERS LAST TIME OUT

• UW-Whitewater defeated UW-Platteville 71-55 in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match-up at Kachel Gymnasium. The Warhawks (11-7 overall, 4-3 WIAC) held the Pioneers (8-10, 2-5) to 36 percent shooting, including a 2-for-15 mark in the third quarter when they finished with a 24-12 scoring advantage to break the game open.
• The Pioneers lost 76-64 to UW-Eau Claire, Jan. 16, but bounced back to down UW-Stevens Point, 75-62, Jan. 19. The Pioneers are at UW-Whitewater, Wednesday, Jan. 23. 
• Platteville defeated UW-Stevens Point, 75-62, Saturday on Bo Ryan Court. the Pioneers improve to 8-9 overall and 2-4 WIAC while the Pointers fall to 5-12 overall and 1-5 WIAC. At halftime, the Pioneers led 37-32 but they quickly turned that into a 20-point lead by the end of the third quarter. The Pioneers shot 56.3 percent (9-of-16) from the field in the third quarter while the Pointers shot just 27.2 percent (3-of-11). The Pointers made a small run in the fourth quarter but the Pioneer lead was too big. Junior Morgan Horstman and sophomore Caitlyn Tipton each had a game-high 18 points. Horstman shot 7-of-10 from the field, 3-of-4 from 3-point range and added five rebounds and three steals. Tipton made all four of her shots from the field, including one 3-pointer, made 9-of-10 free throws and chipped in six assists and two steals. | Game Story and Statistics

LAST TIME STOUT AND PLATTEVILLE MET

• UW-Platteville outscored UW-Stout, 22-13, in the fourth quarter and went on to a 68-64 win over the Blue Devils in Platteville. Stout held a 51-46 lead at the end of the third quarter. The Pioneers opened the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer by Rachel Emendorfer to pull to within two points and Morgan Horstman knotted the score. The Blue Devils' Lizzy Olsem gave Stout the lead by at 53-51 with a bucket, but two free throws Horstman tied the score for the 11th time in the game. Emendorfer hit another 3-pointer for a three point Platteville lead, and the Pioneers never trailed, although Stout twice tied the game, the final time on two free throws by Kyncaide Diedrich with just over two minutes left to play. Six points down the final stretch. Horstman would seal the win. Bailey Diersen led Stout (12-3, 2-2 WIAC) with 21 points. Diedrich tossed in 15 points and Carolyn Feddema scored 10 points and pulled down eight rebounds. Stout shot only 16.7 percent  (3-18) in the fourth quarter and 30.8 percent (20-65) for the game. | Game Story and Statistics

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Week Nine: Bailey Diersen, Sr, Greenville, Wis. (Fox Valley Lutheran).;Week Eight: Amber Fabeck, Jr, Cottage Grove, Minn.; Week Seven: Shannan Watkins, Jr, Hoover, Ala; Week Six: Bailey Diersen, Sr, Greenville, Wis (Fox Valley Lutheran); Week Five: Amber Fabeck, Jr, Cottage Grove, Minn.; Week Four: Kyncaide Diedrich, Sr, Athens, Wis.; Week Two: Kyncaide Diedrich, Sr, Athens, Wis.; Week One: Amber Fabeck, Jr, Cottage Grove, Minn. (Park);

AWARDS AND HONORS: 2018-19: Bailey Diersen was selected as UW-Stout/Toppers Athlete of the Week, Jan. 2;...Kyncaide Diedrich was selected WIAC Women's Basketball Athlete of the Week, Dec. 11, after helping Stout to two wins to run their record to 8-0...Liz Oswald was selected as UW-Stout/Toppers Athlete of the Week after scoring a career-best 22 points in an 83-40 win over Crown College, Dec. 7...After running their record to 7-0 to start off the season, the Blue Devils collectively were selected as the Athlete of the Week by WEAU TV-13...Kyncaide Diedrich selected MVP at North Park Tournament after scoring 21 and 19 points, for her week, Diedrich was selected as UW-Stout/Toppers Athlete of the Week, the WIAC Women's Basketball Athlete of the Week and to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week...Amber Fabeck selected to North Park Tournament all-tourney team, Nov. 25...2017-18: Kyncaide Diedrich was a first-team all-WIAC selection and was also picked to the all-defensive team. Bailey Diersen was an all-WIAC honorable mention selection...Kyncaide Diedrich was selected as the UW-Stout/Toppers Athlete of the Week, Jan. 1 after being named to the D3Hoops.com All-Tournament team...Bailey Diersen was selected as the UW-Stout/Toppers Athlete of the Week, Nov. 20, after scoring 27 points against the University of Dubuque and 17 points against UW-Superior to open the weekend.


THE COACHES:
UW-STOUT:

• Hannah Iverson (14-4) is in her first year as the head coach of the Blue Devils.
• Prior to becoming the Blue Devils' head coach, Iverson was the director of player development for women's basketball at NCAA Division I UW-Green Bay, a position she began in October, 2016. As well as working directly with the team, Iverson managed the program's operating budget, coordinated team travel, co-directed summer camps and clinics and handled all aspects of team film. She assisted in the set-up of on-campus recruiting and coordinating official and unofficial visits for potential recruits. Iverson held a similar position - director of basketball operations - at the University of Illinois from 2014-16.
• Iverson spent two years at NAIA member Ashford University in Clinton, Iowa, as an assistant women's basketball coach for the 2012-14 school years. Iverson was in charge of guard development in a season where she helped the Saints to the 2014 Association of Independent Institutions tournament championship, earning Ashford a berth in the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Championship tournament, the first conference title and appearance in the NAIA D-II tournament in Saints history.
• A member of the UW-Green Bay women's basketball team from 2008-12, playing as Hannah Quilling, Iverson finished her career in the top 10 for games played as the Phoenix posted a 122-13 record over her four years. The team was 68-4 in Horizon League play and advanced to the NCAA Division I tournament four times, including one trip to the Sweet 16. She led the Horizon League in assist-to-turnover ratio in 2011-12, was sixth in steals per game and ninth in assists per game. She was also named to the Horizon League Honor Roll, earned the UW-Green Bay Chancellor's Leadership Medallion, was a two-time recipient of the UW-Green Bay University Leadership Award and the Patricia Hinckley Scholarship, and won the JoAnne Jennings Award in 2012.

 

UW-STEVENS POINT COACH SHIRLEY EGNER:

• Shirley Egner is in her 30th season as head coach of the UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team and is the all-time winningest coach in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference history. Egner has compiled a 545-253 (.689) overall record through 29 seasons with the Pointers. Over the last 17 seasons, Coach Egner has guided the Pointers to an average of nearly 22 wins per season and the team's 391-122 record over that span is the best mark of any WIAC team. On November 16, 2014, Egner earned the 600th win of her coaching career as the Pointers defeated Martin Luther. Egner is a four-time WIAC Coach of the Year honoree, earning the award in 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2010-2011. In 2010, Egner was inducted into the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Egner was also named the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division III Women's Coach of the Year 2010, 2011 and 2012. In 2012-13, the Pointers posted a 24-6 record and won the WIAC Conference Tournament for the fifth consecutive season.

UW-PLATTEVILLE COACH MEGAN WILSON

• Megan Wilson (70-147, 9th) a member of two Wisconsin high school championship teams and an NCAA Division III national championship squad, is in her eighth season as the head women's basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Wilson led the Pioneers to two of their best back-to-back seasons in school history in 2013-14 and 2014-15.  In 2014-15, the Pioneers finished 15-11 and finished tied for fourth in the WIAC for the second season in a row, a feat that has been accomplished only one other time in program history.  The Pioneers hosted the first home WIAC tournament game in program history.   The Pioneers shattered the single-season turnover average, limiting themselves to just 12.9 turnovers-per-game, which was good for eighth best in Division III.

CONFERENCE: UW-Stout is a member of the eight-team Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) along with UW-Eau Claire. UW-Oshkosh, UW-La Crosse, UW-Stevens Point, UW- Platteville, UW-River Falls, and UW-Whitewater.

UP NEXT: The Blue Devils travel to UW-River Falls, Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. and will host UW-Oshkosh, Saturday, Feb. 2 at 3 p.m.  


 
UW-Stout 2018-19 Team Season Highs (Updated January 24, 2019)

Points: 83 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018
Points in First Half: 49 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018
Points in Second Half: 47 vs, UW-Stevens Point, Jan. 23, 2019
Points in First Quarter: 30 vs. St. Scholastica, Dec. 29, 2018
Points in Second Quarter: 30 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018
Points in Third Quarter: 25 vs. Martin Luther, Dec, 3, 2018
Points in Fourth Quarter: 27 (2x) vs, UW-Stevens Point, Jan. 23, 2019; vs. UW-Eau Claire, Jan. 19, 2019
Points in First Overtime: 8 vs. UW-Superior, Dec. 30, 2018
Field Goals Made: 33 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018
Field Goal Percentage: .492 vs. UW-La Crosse, Jan. 2, 2019
3-Pointers Made: 11 (2x) vs. UW-Eau Claire, Jan. 19, 2019; vs. Martin Luther, Dec, 3, 2018
Free Throws Made: 24 vs. UW-Whitewater, Jan. 9, 2019
Free Throw Percentage: .900 vs. Hamline University, Nov. 20, 2018
Rebounds: 45 (2x) vs. St. Scholastica, Dec. 29, 2018; vs. Martin Luther, Dec, 3, 2018
Assists: 19 vs. Berea College, Nov. 25, 2018
Turnovers: 23 vs. Berea College, Nov. 25, 2018
Fewest Turnovers: 5 vs. St. Scholastica, Dec. 29, 2018
Blocked Shots: 7 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018
Steals: 29 vs. Martin Luther, Dec, 3, 2018

UW-Stout Collegiate Career Highs (Updated January 24, 2019)

Liz Oswald - #1
Points: 22 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018
Rebounds:7 vs, UW-Stevens Point, Jan. 23, 2019
Assists: 4 (2x) vs. UW-Whitewater, Jan. 9, 2019; vs. Ripon College, Dec. 11, 2018

Lizzy Olsem - #2
Points: 6 vs. St. Olaf, Nov. 13, 2018
Rebounds: 7 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018
Assists: 2 vs. St. Olaf, Nov. 13, 2018

Becky Fesenmaier- #4
Points: 14 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018
Rebounds: 6 vs. UW-Platteville, Jan. 27, 2018
Assists: 3 vs. UW-River Falls, Jan. 25, 2017

Kyncaide Diedrich - #5
Points: 34 vs. UW-River Falls, Jan. 20, 2018
Rebounds: 12 vs. UW-River Falls, Jan. 16, 2019; 11 (2x) vs. UW-River Falls, Feb. 7, 2018; vs. UW-River Falls, Jan. 20, 2018
Assists: 9 (2x) vs. UW-Platteville, Jan. 28, 2017; vs. UW-Eau Claire, Jan. 18, 2017;

Maddy Otto - #10
Points: 2 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018
Rebounds: 4 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018
Assists: x

Shannan Watkins - #11
Points: 21 vs. UW-Superior, Dec. 6, 2016
Rebounds: 7 (2x) vs. UW-Superior, Dec. 6, 2016; vs. St. Mary's, Nov. 19, 2016
Assists: 7 vs. Hamline, Nov. 22, 2016

Katie Sukanen - #13
Points: 3 vs. UW-Oshkosh, Jan. 10, 2017
Rebounds: 2 vs. the University of Dubuque, Nov. 17, 2017
Assists: 1 (2x) vs. UW-Whitewater, Feb. 3, 2018; vs. UW-Superior, Nov. 18, 2017

Kelsey Kainz - #15
Points: 2 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018
Rebounds: 3 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018
Assists: 4 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018

Bailey Diersen - #20
Points: 28 vs. UW-Superior, Dec. 30, 2018
Rebounds: 8 vs. St. Catherine, Nov. 16, 2018
Assists: 5 (3x) vs. Hamline University, Nov. 20, 2018; vs. UW-Whitewater, Feb. 4, 2017: vs. UW-Eau Claire, Feb. 1, 2017
Steals: 10 vs. Martin Luther, Dec, 3, 2018

Brianna Banks - #22
Points: 6 (3x) vs. UW-Oshkosh, Jan. 10, 2018; vs. Hamline University, Dec. 16, 2017; vs. St. Catherine, Nov. 26, 2017
Rebounds: 4 vs. St. Catherine, Nov. 26, 2017
Assists: 4 vs. the University of Dubuque, Nov. 17, 2017

Lexi Todd - #23
Points: x
Rebounds: 2 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018
Assists: x

Kara Griswold - #25
Points: 8 vs. the University of Dubuque, Nov. 17, 2017
Rebounds: 5 vs. Occidental College, Dec. 30, 2017
Assists: 2 (2x) vs. Hamline University, Dec. 16, 2017; vs. UW-Superior, Nov. 18, 2017

Carolyn Feddema - #30
Points: 14 vs. University of Dubuque, Dec. 10, 2016
Rebounds: 9 (3x) vs. UW-La Crosse, Feb. 15, 2017); vs. UW-Platteville, Jan. 4, 2017; vs. University of Dubuque, Dec. 10, 2016
Assists: 4 vs. St. Olaf College, Nov. 17, 2018

Shayna Hohlfelder - #31
Points: 1 vs. St. Olaf, Nov. 28, 2017
Rebounds: 1 (2x) vs. St. Olaf, Nov. 28, 2017; vs. UW-Whitewater, Feb. 4, 2017:
Assists: x

Keysha Hazelton - #34
Points: 13 vs. Martin Luther, Dec, 3, 2018
Rebounds: 2 vs. Northland College, Dec. 2, 2017
Assists: x

Gina Palasz - #35
Points: 4 vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018
Rebounds: 3 vs. Martin Luther, Dec, 3, 2018
Assists: x

Amber Fabeck - #41
Points: 24  vs. UW-Whitewater, Jan. 9, 2019
Rebounds: 12 vs. Berea College, Nov. 25, 2018
Assists: 4 vs. St. Olaf, Nov. 28, 2017
Blocks: 5 (2x) vs. UW-Oshkosh, Feb. 17, 2018; vs. Martin Luther College, Dec. 4, 2017

Emily Jacques - #44
Points: 9 (3x) vs. Hamline University, Nov. 20, 2018; vs. UW-Stevens Point, Feb. 10, 2018; vs. UW-Whitewater, Feb. 4, 2017:
Rebounds: 9 (2x) vs. Martin Luther College, Dec. 4, 2017; vs. UW-Superior, Nov. 18, 2017
Assists: 3  vs. Berea College, Nov. 25, 2018

The Last Time....A Stout Individual...
Scored 25-29 points: 28, Bailey Diersen vs. UW-Superior (12/30/18)
Scored 30 points: 34, Kyncaide Diedrich vs. UW-River Falls (1/21/18); 31, Sami Schoeder vs. UW-Platteville (1/8/11)
Scored 6 or more 3-pointers: 6, Sami Schoeder vs. UW-Platteville (1/8/11)
Recorded 15-plus rebounds: 20, Katelynne Folkers vs. UW-La Crosse, (1/15/14)
Recorded 6-9 steals: 6, Katelynn Folkers vs. UW-Superior (2/25/14)
Recorded 6 or more blocked shots: 8, Jenna Goldsmith vs. St. Mary's (1/2/16)
Recorded 10 or more steals: 10, Bailey Diersen, vs. Martin Luther (12/3/18); Heather Peterson vs. Hope (11/19/99)

The Last Time...A Stout Team...
Scored 105 points: 106, vs. Crown, (11/28/12); 111, vs. St. Scholastica (1/6/04)
Scored 100-104 points: 103, vs. Finlandia (12/11/07)
Had six players score in double digits: vs. UW-Platteville, Feb. 20, 2016 - Sarah Schoch (17), Jenna Goldsmith (17), Kyncaide Diedrich (13), Shannan Watkins (10), Bailey Diersen (10), Anna Brown (10);
Had five players score in double digits: vs. UW-Platteville, Jan. 28, 2017 - Bailey Diersen (17); Kycaide Diedrich (15); Jenna Goldsmith (15); Carolyn Feddema (13); Anna Brown (10).
Had four players score in double digits: vs. UW-Eau Claire, Jan. 19, 2019, Bailey Diersen (27), Kyncaide Diedrich (20), Amber Fabeck (14),  Liz Oswald (10); vs. UW-River Falls, Jan. 16, 2019, Kyncaide Diedrich (18), LIz Oswald (16), Bailey Diersen (14), Shannan Watkins (13); vs. UW-La Crosse, Jan. 2, 2019, Bailey Diersen (21), Kyncaide Diedrich (20), Shannan Watkins (11), Amber Fabeck (10);  vs. UW-Superior, Dec. 30, 2018, Bailey Diersen (28), Kyncaide a Diedrich (23), Amber Fabeck (18), Shannon Watkins (11); bs. St. Scholastica, Dec. 29, 2018, Bailey Diersen (20), Amber Fabeck (17), Shannan Watkins (14); Kyncaide Diedrich (12);  vs. Crown College, Dec. 7, 2018 - Liz Oswald (22), Becky Fesenmaier (14), Shannan Watkins (12), Kyncaide Diedrich (10); vs. UW-Platteville, Jan. 27, 2018 - Kyncaide Diedrich (21), Bailey Diersen (15), Anna Brown (13), Carolyn Feddema (13); vs. UW-River Falls, Jan. 20, 2018 - Kyncaide Diedrich (34), Bailey Diersen (16), Haley Seifert (15), Amber Fabeck (10); . UW-River Falls, Feb. 8, 2017 - Jenna Goldsmith (15), Anna Brown (15), Kyncaide Diedrich (14), Bailey Diersen (10); vs. UW-River Falls, Jan. 25, 2017 - Kyncaide Diedrich (19), Bailey Diersen (15), Jenna Goldsmith (14), Anna Brown (14).
Recorded 60 rebounds: 68, vs. North Central, (11/15/13)
Recorded 55-59 rebounds: 55 vs. University of Dubuque, (12/10/16)
Season-opening wins: 10-0, 2018-19; 7-0, 1997-98; 9-0, 1995-96; 13-0, 1992-93
Won 6 or more consecutive games: 10, 2018-19;
Won 10 or more consecutive games:  10, 2018-19; 10, 2005-06; 13, 2001-02; 15, 1993-94 season
Lost 5 or more consecutive games: 14, 2017-18 season

The Last Time...A Stout Individual Opponent...
Scored 25-plus points: 36, Hallee Hoeppner, UW-Eau Claire (Jan. 19, 2019)

The Last Time...A Stout Opponent...
Scored 105 points: 107, vs. Millikin (12/30/99)
Held Stout to less than 50 points: 46 vs. Trine University (12/28/17)
Stout held an opponent to less than 50 points: 40, vs. Crown College (12/7/18)

UW-Stout Individual Game Records
Most Points: 39, Cindy Hovet vs. UW-Platteville, 1/22/94
Most Rebounds: 26, Yonna Grey vs. Valley City State, 11/19/94
Most FG Attempted: 30, Julie Maki vs. UW-Eau Claire, 1993
Most FG Made: 15, Cindy Hovet vs. UW-Platteville, 1/22/94
Most 3Pt FG Made: 8 (2x) Staci Anderson vs. UW-La Crosse, 1/20/00; Shannon Berg vs. Northwestern College, 12/17/98
Most FT Attempted: 17, Andrea Bresette at UW-Superior, 1/15/00
Most FT Made: 14, Andrea Bresette at UW-Superior, 1/15/00
Most Assists: 11, Amanda Geissler vs. UW-Platteville, 1/20/07
Most Blocked Shots: 10, Kelsey Duoss vs. UW-Whitewater, 1/27/07
Most Steals: 11, Cindy Hovet vs. Marian College, 1991